LIGHTHOUSE EDUCATION TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-19 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-05
Watchouts
Cash
£778K
+0.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
+4.4% vs 2024
Employees
73
+1.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£168K
+93.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-11-11
- LIGHTHOUSE EDUCATION TRUST 2025-11-11 → present
- LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOL 2011-05-11 → 2025-11-11
- LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOL LTD 2011-04-05 → 2011-05-11
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 | £2,897,483 | £3,176,209 | |
| Operating profit | £86,775 | £168,052 | |
| Profit before tax | £86,775 | £168,052 | |
| Net profit | £86,775 | £168,052 | |
| Cash | £776,414 | £778,195 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,449,487 | £3,600,540 | |
| Net assets | £3,449,487 | £3,600,540 | |
| Equity | £3,449,488 | £3,600,540 | |
| Average employees | 72 | 73 | |
| Wages | £1,759,145 | £1,903,294 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.5% | 4.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 9.7% | 4.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.21x | 5.37x | |
| Interest cover | 43.39x | 9.89x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Gibson Booth Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have a reasonable expectation based on the preparation of a five-year budget forecast that the Academy has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “A student died suddenly in October 2024. There have been some staff and student fundraising activities have taken place during the year, in memory of the student to create a lasting memorial.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALDERSON, Michael | Director | 2024-01-29 | Jul 1966 | British |
| COYLE, Victoria Sophie | Director | 2024-01-29 | Nov 1971 | British |
| CRYER, Matthew Charles | Director | 2017-10-05 | May 1965 | British |
| DUNWELL, Alan Jeffrey | Director | 2020-10-21 | Mar 1965 | British |
| MCDONNELL, Rebecca Helen | Director | 2022-10-05 | Mar 1980 | British |
| PARLETT, Catherine Monica | Director | 2011-04-05 | May 1964 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNFATHER, Rebecca | Director | 2024-12-09 | 2025-11-05 |
| COHEN, Daniel Andrew, Cllr | Director | 2022-03-28 | 2024-05-13 |
| COOPER, Darren Ian | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2020-08-31 |
| DARBY-VINCI, Jamie | Director | 2019-12-02 | 2022-06-22 |
| DARLINGTON, Adele Claire | Director | 2022-03-28 | 2024-08-31 |
| EMSLEY, Kevin Harry | Director | 2011-05-04 | 2014-11-30 |
| GREATREX, Louise | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2016-09-01 |
| GRKINIC, Rada | Director | 2011-04-05 | 2021-03-24 |
| GRKINIC, Stevan | Director | 2011-04-05 | 2011-05-04 |
| HILLING-SMITH, Pauline | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2018-10-03 |
| HIRST, Matthew William | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2023-12-11 |
| HOOLE, Michelle Francine | Director | 2015-09-24 | 2019-10-02 |
| HUGHES, Ian Rees | Director | 2017-07-06 | 2026-02-10 |
| JORDON, Carol Irene | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2015-12-10 |
| JOYCE, Nicola | Director | 2025-03-19 | 2025-12-08 |
| JOYCE, Nicola | Director | 2024-01-29 | 2024-09-18 |
| LAYCOCK, Deborah | Director | 2018-10-03 | 2020-08-31 |
| LAYCOCK, Deborah | Director | 2017-05-18 | 2018-04-20 |
| MCDONNELL, Kim Elizabeth | Director | 2024-12-09 | 2026-04-17 |
| MCDONNELL, Kim Elizabeth | Director | 2024-03-13 | 2024-09-18 |
| MITCHELL, Caroline Sarah | Director | 2011-04-05 | 2015-02-28 |
| O'BRIEN, Tracy Patricia | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2015-02-28 |
| OWEN, Angela | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2018-10-03 |
| OWEN, Angela Dorothy | Director | 2011-04-05 | 2011-05-04 |
| OWEN, Gary Martin | Director | 2011-04-05 | 2014-09-01 |
| PINCHES, Geraint Lee | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2017-05-15 |
| POWIS, Claire Elizabeth | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2015-02-01 |
| SULLIVAN, Emma | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2026-04-17 |
| TUCK, Jeremy Robert | Director | 2017-10-05 | 2020-11-16 |
| WALKER, Suzanne Theresa | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2017-05-09 |
| WEBBER, Katherine Emma Ruth | Director | 2011-04-05 | 2015-01-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-30 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-11-11 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2025-11-11 NE01 Change of name exemption
- 2025-11-11 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-27 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-11 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-11-11 | NE01 | change-of-name | Change of name exemption | |
| 2025-11-11 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2025-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 5
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
+9.6%
£2,897,483 £3,176,209
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Cash
+0.2%
£776,414 £778,195
-
Net assets
+4.4%
£3,449,487 £3,600,540
-
Employees
+1.4%
72 73
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Operating profit
+93.7%
£86,775 £168,052
-
Profit before tax
+93.7%
£86,775 £168,052
-
Wages
+8.2%
£1,759,145 £1,903,294
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