NORTH EAST LEARNING TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-17 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£15M
+12.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£118M
-1.3% vs 2024
Employees
1,155
+10.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- NORTH EAST LEARNING TRUST 2016-04-09 → present
- THE SHOTTON HALL LEARNING TRUST 2012-06-28 → 2016-04-09
- THE ACADEMY AT SHOTTON HALL 2011-01-13 → 2012-06-28
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 | £54,714,000 | £66,102,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £19,800,000 | -£2,423,000 | |
| Cash | £13,452,000 | £15,114,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £120,828,000 | £118,044,000 | |
| Net assets | £119,639,000 | £118,044,000 | |
| Equity | £119,639,000 | £118,044,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,043 | 1,155 | |
| Wages | £33,311,000 | £38,588,000 |
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 | 36.2% | -3.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.5% | 4.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.89x | 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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries the board of trustees has a reasonable expectation that NELT has adequate resource to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing financial statements.”
Significant events
- “2024-2025 was an incredibly busy year for the Research School, including the mobilisation of a range of regional projects. The second year of evaluating the Shine 'Fluency for All' reading programme has yielded incredibly positive results in over 15 schools, generating some significant improvements in pupils' reading scores.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALEXANDER, Lee | Secretary | 2011-12-01 | — | British |
| BARTLETT, Justin Charles | Director | 2017-09-18 | May 1971 | British |
| COOK, Judith | Director | 2021-09-17 | May 1952 | British |
| MASON, Sandra | Director | 2017-03-08 | Dec 1960 | British |
| MCDONNELL, Susan | Director | 2011-02-02 | Jul 1964 | British |
| MILNE, Ernie | Director | 2025-01-29 | Sep 1951 | British |
| MOON, Amanda | Director | 2017-06-29 | Dec 1961 | British |
| POWELL, Lesley Anne | Director | 2011-02-02 | Apr 1966 | British |
| SAXTON, Margaret Patricia | Director | 2014-06-12 | Mar 1951 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARCLAY, Carole | Secretary | 2011-01-13 | 2011-11-30 |
| BELL, Dawn | Director | 2011-02-02 | 2015-02-25 |
| BURLINSON, Brian | Director | 2015-02-25 | 2017-08-31 |
| CAMERON, John | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2020-09-28 |
| CLIPPERTON, John | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2013-01-11 |
| COATES, Dennis | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2015-01-31 |
| CROWDY, Sarah | Director | 2011-02-02 | 2015-02-25 |
| DUNCAN, Suzanne | Director | 2019-10-16 | 2024-09-19 |
| FACEY, Diane | Director | 2014-03-01 | 2015-02-25 |
| FAIRLAMB, Roland | Director | 2018-10-30 | 2021-01-31 |
| GIBSON, Derek | Director | 2016-12-12 | 2023-03-28 |
| GORLACH, Janice Victoria, Dr | Director | 2015-10-14 | 2017-03-08 |
| HARDMAN, Katherine Jane | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2015-02-25 |
| MASON, Sandra | Director | 2011-02-02 | 2015-02-25 |
| MAUGHAN, Gordon | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2012-11-20 |
| MCKENZIE, Aiden James | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2013-01-25 |
| MOON, Amanda Jane | Director | 2011-04-11 | 2015-02-25 |
| NICHOLSON, Diane | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2016-08-31 |
| PARK, John | Director | 2011-04-11 | 2015-02-25 |
| PATEL, Ashok Sitaram | Director | 2011-02-02 | 2015-02-25 |
| SIMPSON, Roy | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2016-08-31 |
| SMITH, Paul | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2013-12-31 |
| STEPHENSON, Bryan | Director | 2023-03-07 | 2026-02-05 |
| TALBOT, Fay Joanne | Director | 2011-04-11 | 2015-02-25 |
| WAUGH, Barbara | Director | 2016-12-12 | 2018-10-29 |
| WHEATLEY, Gary | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2012-07-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Cameron | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-09-28 |
| Mrs Diane Nicholson | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-10-30 |
| Mr Roy Simpson | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-10-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 100 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-10 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2021-02-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
+20.8%
£54,714,000 £66,102,000
-
Cash
+12.4%
£13,452,000 £15,114,000
-
Net assets
-1.3%
£119,639,000 £118,044,000
-
Employees
+10.7%
1,043 1,155
-
Wages
+15.8%
£33,311,000 £38,588,000
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