NORTHERN ARCH LEARNING PARTNERSHIP

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  2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. NORTHERN ARCH LEARNING PARTNERSHIP 2024-10-15 → present
2. INICIO ACADEMIES 2024-04-11 → 2024-10-15
3. SWIFT ACADEMIES 2017-07-20 → 2024-04-11
4. HURWORTH SCHOOL LIMITED 2011-02-17 → 2017-07-20

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Clive Owen LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Directors has a reasonable expectation that the academy trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. NORTHERN ARCH LEARNING PARTNERSHIP · parent
   1. Longfield Trading Limited 100% · make available the hire of the sporting facility for use by the local community and sporting clubs

Significant events

• “During the 2024-25 academic year, Hurworth successfully implemented a comprehensive behaviour strategy based on the Choices Philosophy.”
• “In August 2025, the College's Value-Added score for A levels showed that students make better than expected progress against colleges nationally (Sixth Sense Data).”
• “In October 2024 a full inspection was completed and the school was graded as 'Good' in each category. Academy priorities for 2025/26 are: 'Brain Based learning': How children think and learn (Enquiry based Quality First Teaching, SEND provision) Collaborative Planning: Departmental lesson planning based on individual need; Developing middle leaders; creating a culture of 'team' (culture, aspiration, and celebration).”
• “OFSTED, in its inspection in October 2024, rated QE as 'Outstanding' for its Overall Effectiveness.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

9

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +42.7%

  £21,113,000 → £30,131,000

• Cash

  +10.6%

  £6,709,000 → £7,418,000

• Net assets

  +11.8%

  £50,419,000 → £56,372,000

• Employees

  +17.3%

  364 → 427

• Wages

  +41.2%

  £11,680,000 → £16,489,000

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