THE PEOPLE'S LEARNING TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-23 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-09
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+164.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£19M
+273.2% vs 2024
Employees
250
+284.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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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
- THE PEOPLE'S LEARNING TRUST 2024-05-28 → present
- EVERTON IN THE COMMUNITY FREE SCHOOL TRUST 2011-06-09 → 2024-05-28
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 | £4,683,387 | £11,634,635 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£195,826 | £14,378,642 | |
| Cash | £1,133,022 | £2,995,050 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,041,923 | £18,947,565 | |
| Net assets | £5,015,923 | £18,720,565 | |
| Equity | £5,015,923 | £18,720,565 | |
| Average employees | 65 | 250 | |
| Wages | £2,322,772 | £5,942,562 |
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 | -4.2% | 123.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.4% | 5.5% | |
| Current ratio | 16.30x | 4.98x |
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
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“We confirm that, following a comprehensive evaluation of our expectations and plans for the next twelve months, together with an assessment of available working capital, the Trust is considered a going concern.”
Significant events
- “Our U19 Girls team were crowned champions of the NFYL Northern Premier League following a 6-0 win over Sunderland in their final game.”
- “Another boys' team won the EFL League title - achievements that highlight the depth of talent across the College.”
- “A valued member of the Everton Free School team, was awarded the British Empire Medal by His Majesty the King for her exceptional services to vulnerable children and young people.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRABNERS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-05-10 | — | — |
| BAKER, Steven, Obe | Director | 2021-08-31 | Jan 1975 | British |
| CHAMBERS, Joseph William | Director | 2024-04-01 | Apr 1976 | British |
| CHAMBERS, William John, Professor | Director | 2024-04-01 | Mar 1946 | British |
| CHONG, Colin George | Director | 2025-04-09 | Jun 1965 | British |
| DUFFY, Philip John | Director | 2024-04-01 | May 1952 | British |
| HAYNES, Kathryn Alison | Director | 2018-11-14 | May 1959 | British |
| JONES, Rachel Ann | Director | 2024-04-01 | Jun 1977 | British |
| OSU, Benjamin | Director | 2026-02-12 | Aug 1992 | British |
| RILEY, Stephen, Obe | Director | 2021-12-13 | Apr 1956 | British |
| SCOTT, Andrew Francis | Director | 2024-04-01 | Sep 1987 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Robert | Director | 2021-12-09 | 2024-04-01 |
| BARRETT-BAXENDALE, Denise, Professor | Director | 2011-06-09 | 2016-09-01 |
| BELLINGHAM, Angela | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2024-04-01 |
| CAPUTO, Michael William | Director | 2013-06-01 | 2014-12-02 |
| COLBECK, Jacqueline Elizabeth | Director | 2022-11-11 | 2024-04-01 |
| COLBECK, Jacqueline Elizabeth | Director | 2017-11-16 | 2021-11-16 |
| CRONIN, Richard Timothy | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| DAVIES, Angela Marie | Director | 2016-03-24 | 2019-06-26 |
| DUFFY, Philip John | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| ELSTONE, Robert Colin, Mr | Director | 2011-06-09 | 2016-09-01 |
| GREGORY, Susan | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2024-04-01 |
| INGLES, George Robert Grant | Director | 2015-11-23 | 2016-07-15 |
| JONES, John Francis, Sir | Director | 2012-01-16 | 2024-04-01 |
| LEWIS, Colin | Director | 2012-01-16 | 2016-04-28 |
| LOGAN, Noel | Director | 2023-09-14 | 2024-04-01 |
| LOUGHLIN, Paul | Director | 2016-07-15 | 2018-06-27 |
| MCGERTY, Paul Fredrick | Director | 2012-01-16 | 2012-10-16 |
| MILLS, Charles Gerard | Director | 2012-10-16 | 2022-09-07 |
| MOONEY, Sandra | Director | 2016-03-11 | 2018-08-09 |
| NEHAD, Jennifer | Director | 2021-03-24 | 2024-04-01 |
| NOON, Nicola | Director | 2019-02-28 | 2023-02-28 |
| O'NEILL, Ryan | Director | 2021-12-06 | 2022-06-30 |
| PACKER, Adrian George | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2014-09-01 |
| POWELL, Claire Louise | Director | 2022-11-18 | 2024-04-01 |
| REEVES-BILLING, Natalie | Director | 2023-09-14 | 2024-04-01 |
| ROSS, Ian James | Director | 2011-06-09 | 2012-01-20 |
| SACKER, John David | Director | 2016-07-15 | 2024-04-01 |
| WRIGHT, Catherine Lisa | Director | 2024-04-01 | 2026-02-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Catherine Lisa Wright | Individual | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2026-02-12 | Active |
| Ms Kathryn Alison Haynes | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2025-01-24 | Active |
| Mr Daniel James Conlin | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2024-04-01 | Ceased 2025-01-24 |
| Katie Elizabeth Charles | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2024-04-01 | Active |
| Sir Paul Grant Dl | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2024-04-01 | Active |
| Sir John Francis Jones | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-06-09 | Ceased 2024-04-01 |
| Mrs Denise Barrett-Baxendale | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-06-09 | Ceased 2017-06-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-11 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-25 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-24 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
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Turnover
+148.4%
£4,683,387 £11,634,635
-
Cash
+164.3%
£1,133,022 £2,995,050
-
Net assets
+273.2%
£5,015,923 £18,720,565
-
Employees
+284.6%
65 250
-
Wages
+155.8%
£2,322,772 £5,942,562
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