THE WILLOW LEARNING TRUST

1. THE WILLOW LEARNING TRUST 2017-07-07 → present
2. GLENTHORNE HIGH SCHOOL 2011-05-16 → 2017-07-07

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

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Affinia (Orpington)

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, The Board of Trustees continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Financial Statements.”

Significant events

• “It has been another highly successful year for the Trust and schools within the Trust; standards have remained high in all areas: academic, attendance, behaviour and attitudes and all schools achieving well in national tests.”
• “The CIF application process was successful, with both Abbey and Aragon being awarded just over and just under £1 million for rewiring, boiler replacement and heating distribution projects respectively: much of the work was completed over the summer holidays and will be continued in October half term when outstanding items and snagging will be completed. The Abbey rewiring project is not expected to be completed until February 2026.”
• “At Glenthorne, there has been significant refurbishment work, including extensive redecoration, replacement windows in BB Wing and new LED lighting in specific areas.”
• “The Trust has also supported Aragon Primary School and the Sutton SCITT through two challenging, but highly successful inspections: an ungraded OFSTED Inspection at Aragon primary School on 20th and 21st May 2025 and a Thematic Monitoring Visit of the SCITT shortly afterwards from 24th – 26th June.”
• “Another significant milestone was the tenth anniversary celebrations for the Sutton SCITT on 3rd July 2025, bringing together the past, present and future of the Sutton SCITT. The Sutton SCITT was launched in 2015 and over the past decade has successfully trained more than 450 teachers across both primary and secondary phases.”

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

Filings

5

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

  +7.4%

  £20,102,000 → £21,595,000

• Cash

  +32.5%

  £4,147,000 → £5,496,000

• Net assets

  +2.1%

  £65,388,000 → £66,792,000

• Employees

  +2.4%

  332 → 340

• Wages

  +6.2%

  £11,691,000 → £12,414,000

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