WESSEX LEARNING TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-12 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-29
Watchouts
Cash
£10M
+24.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£111M
+23.1% vs 2024
Employees
750
+10% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WESSEX LEARNING TRUST 2016-05-09 → present
- THE KINGS OF WESSEX ACADEMY TRUST 2010-08-17 → 2016-05-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £41,043,733 | £47,118,604 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£1,730,722 | £18,771,789 | |
| Cash | £7,985,772 | £9,968,139 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £92,207,891 | £110,871,807 | |
| Net assets | £90,066,963 | £110,840,752 | |
| Equity | £90,066,963 | £110,840,752 | |
| Average employees | 682 | 750 | |
| Wages | £25,381,986 | £28,223,458 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -4.2% | 39.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.9% | 3.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.59x | 3.38x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the Academy Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the Statement of Accounting Policies.”
Group structure
- WESSEX LEARNING TRUST · parent
- Kings of Wessex Fitness and Leisure Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Croscombe Primary School and Stoke St Michael Primary School joined the Trust on 1 September 2024.”
- “Elmhurst Junior School joined the Trust on 1 December 2024.”
- “St Cuthbert's Church of England Infants School and St Cuthbert's Church of England Junior School joined the Trust on 1 April 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUTTON, Jane Ann | Secretary | 2021-02-26 | — | — |
| BALL, Gavin Martin | Director | 2017-09-01 | May 1964 | British |
| BOTT, Emily | Director | 2022-03-28 | May 1978 | British |
| BOWEN-ROBERTS, Edward | Director | 2023-07-11 | Mar 1985 | British |
| CASEY, Melanie | Director | 2020-03-18 | Mar 1982 | British |
| COOPER, Margaret Ann | Director | 2023-07-11 | Jun 1956 | British |
| DURBACZ, Antony | Director | 2023-09-14 | Jan 1960 | British |
| JACOBS, Paul | Director | 2017-11-30 | Feb 1960 | British |
| JENKINS, Paul | Director | 2020-03-18 | Aug 1955 | British |
| MCCANN, Kirsten | Director | 2022-10-12 | Dec 1984 | British |
| OSBOURNE, Simon | Director | 2022-10-12 | Jun 1968 | British |
| SMITH, Ruth May | Director | 2023-05-18 | Dec 1963 | British |
| STICKLEY, Rebecca | Director | 2023-11-28 | Feb 1982 | British |
| SUCH, Sylvia Mary | Director | 2023-11-13 | Sep 1951 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Christopher David | Secretary | 2010-08-17 | 2014-10-05 |
| PERRY, Keith William | Secretary | 2014-10-06 | 2021-02-26 |
| AINGE, Charles Brook Harvey | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2017-03-14 |
| ANGLE, John Edwin George | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2020-10-23 |
| BELCH, Michael Edward | Director | 2010-08-17 | 2016-11-01 |
| BRIGGS, Gillian Francis | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2018-02-05 |
| CLEGG, Nicholas | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2013-08-31 |
| COLQUHOUN, James Alexander Stewart | Director | 2018-10-04 | 2022-02-28 |
| DAVEY, Martin Charles | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2016-11-01 |
| DAVIES, Alan John | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2019-06-27 |
| DIBBLE, Michael David | Director | 2022-03-14 | 2025-08-13 |
| FLAVIN, Sheridan Tracey | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2019-10-12 |
| GETHERIDGE, Marie Frances May | Director | 2018-02-18 | 2023-05-18 |
| KELSON, Paul Wallace | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2018-04-30 |
| KIRKUP, Brian | Director | 2010-08-17 | 2024-08-31 |
| LADBROOKE, Suzie Margaret | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2015-09-01 |
| LYTHGOE, Peter John | Director | 2010-08-17 | 2016-11-01 |
| METHLEY, Steven Gary, Dr | Director | 2014-11-12 | 2016-11-01 |
| MILSOM, Mandy | Director | 2020-03-18 | 2021-09-06 |
| MOREMAN, Susan Ann | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2019-11-15 |
| OLIVER, Richard John Allen | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2016-11-01 |
| PARFITT, Tricia | Director | 2020-03-18 | 2023-05-18 |
| RAYNES, Tanya | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2018-02-18 |
| RICHARDSON, Christopher Murray | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| ROSE, Susan Margaret, Reverend | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| RUSSELL, James | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| SMITH, Gareth James | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| TAYLOR, Rebecca | Director | 2022-03-28 | 2023-11-22 |
| TOMES, Simon Christopher | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2012-08-31 |
| WALKE, Kevin John | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2021-05-24 |
| WALSH, Ceri | Director | 2023-05-18 | 2023-10-03 |
| WOODCOCK, Gareth Dominic | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2020-10-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Gillian Dorcas Stobart | Individual | Appoints directors | 2024-05-20 | Ceased 2026-01-26 |
| Mr Neil James Day | Individual | Appoints directors | 2019-10-01 | Ceased 2026-01-26 |
| Mr Jeffrey Ernest Savage | Individual | Appoints directors | 2019-10-01 | Ceased 2026-01-26 |
| Mr Edward Jonathan Gregory | Individual | Appoints directors | 2019-10-01 | Ceased 2024-05-20 |
| Reverend Richard Walter Neill | Individual | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2019-09-30 |
| Mr Richard John Allen Oliver | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-07-15 | Ceased 2019-10-01 |
| Mr Martin Charles Davey | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-07-15 | Ceased 2019-09-30 |
| Mr Brian Kirkup | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-01-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-01-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+14.8%
£41,043,733 £47,118,604
-
Cash
+24.8%
£7,985,772 £9,968,139
-
Net assets
+23.1%
£90,066,963 £110,840,752
-
Employees
+10%
682 750
-
Wages
+11.2%
£25,381,986 £28,223,458
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers