CHILTERN LEARNING TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-24 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-10
Watchouts
Cash
£10M
+31.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£125M
+2% vs 2024
Employees
1,869
+8.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
+175.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CHILTERN LEARNING TRUST 2013-07-08 → present
- CHALLNEY HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2011-03-10 → 2013-07-08
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 | £92,212,000 | £101,950,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,650,000 | £3,515,000 | |
| Net profit | -£4,650,000 | £3,515,000 | |
| Cash | £7,432,000 | £9,789,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £122,787,000 | £125,176,000 | |
| Net assets | £122,689,000 | £125,156,000 | |
| Equity | £122,689,000 | £125,156,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,720 | 1,869 | |
| Wages | £54,282,000 | £58,038,000 |
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 | -5.0% | 3.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.4% | 7.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.54x | 1.98x |
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
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees have concluded that the Chiltern Learning Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and there are no material uncertainties about the Chiltern Learning Trust's ability to continue as a going concern, thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 1 November 2024, Wootton Primary School joined the Trust on conversion from Local Authority.”
- “On 1 September 2025, Aspley Guise Village School, a primary academy converter, with school capacity of 135 pupils, joined Chiltern Learning Trust.”
- “The Trust has also received DfE approval for the merger of Chiltern Learning Trust and The Hart Schools Trust Ltd, a two school Multi-Academy Trust with capacity of 1,520 pupils.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KELLY, Teresa Catherine | Secretary | 2011-03-10 | — | — |
| CHOWDHURY, Ashfaque Ali | Director | 2022-06-21 | Jul 1981 | British |
| KOYES, Shahed Ahmed, Mr. | Director | 2018-09-19 | Dec 1980 | British |
| LEWIN, Andrew Mark | Director | 2018-09-19 | Mar 1974 | English |
| PARFITT, Stewart John | Director | 2015-07-15 | Dec 1967 | British |
| PRYOR, Graham John | Director | 2018-09-19 | Jul 1955 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABJI, Helen Frances | Director | 2011-03-10 | 2016-09-21 |
| BENNETT, Sarah Eluned | Director | 2022-06-21 | 2025-07-17 |
| BEVAN, Yasmin | Director | 2011-03-10 | 2014-12-31 |
| BOSTON, Alison | Director | 2026-01-14 | 2026-04-20 |
| BULL, Michael | Director | 2011-07-05 | 2013-07-03 |
| BYRNE, Jennifer | Director | 2011-07-05 | 2013-07-03 |
| COWAN, Tracy Roberta Margaret | Director | 2016-09-21 | 2019-07-11 |
| COX, Heather | Director | 2013-07-22 | 2016-09-21 |
| DITTA, Allah | Director | 2011-07-05 | 2013-07-03 |
| FOSTER, Simon Andrew | Director | 2016-09-21 | 2021-11-24 |
| GALYER, Victor Edward | Director | 2013-07-22 | 2014-12-16 |
| GHAFOOR, Abdul | Director | 2019-09-19 | 2023-07-13 |
| HAIDER, Shaheen | Director | 2011-03-10 | 2013-07-03 |
| HOWSEMAN, Brian Alan | Director | 2012-12-05 | 2019-07-11 |
| HUSSAIN, Ishtiaq | Director | 2013-07-22 | 2014-05-21 |
| KAYANI, Nasir | Director | 2011-07-05 | 2013-07-03 |
| KHAN, Raja Rameez Rafiq | Director | 2011-07-05 | 2012-08-31 |
| KHAN, Said | Director | 2011-07-05 | 2012-12-05 |
| KING, John | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2015-08-31 |
| LYNCH, Mark | Director | 2024-03-07 | 2025-09-11 |
| MALIK, Nadeem | Director | 2011-07-05 | 2013-07-03 |
| MORALES, Stephen Paul | Director | 2023-05-25 | 2025-03-25 |
| ROGERS, Adrian John | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2018-09-19 |
| SOUSTER, Colin Michael | Director | 2019-06-12 | 2020-10-22 |
| SPICER, Suzanne | Director | 2018-09-19 | 2025-07-17 |
| TASKER, Felicity Rose Ann | Director | 2014-05-21 | 2019-07-11 |
| THOMAS, Lorraine Nicola | Director | 2013-07-22 | 2022-12-14 |
| THOMAS, Tracey Denise | Director | 2011-07-05 | 2013-07-03 |
| WASIL, Mohammed, Dr | Director | 2011-07-05 | 2013-07-03 |
| WILLIAMS, John Richard | Director | 2019-09-19 | 2024-07-19 |
| WILSHAW, Alison Theresa | Director | 2021-09-15 | 2024-09-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Heather Cox | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-09-21 | Ceased 2024-07-19 |
| Mrs Lorraine Thomas | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-09-21 | Ceased 2022-12-14 |
| Mr Brian Howseman | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-09-21 | Ceased 2021-06-14 |
| Mrs Helen Frances Abji | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-09-21 | Ceased 2020-01-22 |
| Mrs Juliet Fern | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-09-21 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 114 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-03-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-03-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-03-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
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Turnover
+10.6%
£92,212,000 £101,950,000
-
Cash
+31.7%
£7,432,000 £9,789,000
-
Net assets
+2%
£122,689,000 £125,156,000
-
Employees
+8.7%
1,720 1,869
-
Profit before tax
+175.6%
-£4,650,000 £3,515,000
-
Wages
+6.9%
£54,282,000 £58,038,000
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