PRIMITAS LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-02 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-19
Watchouts
Cash
£9M
+13.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£54M
+1.7% vs 2024
Employees
756
+14.5% 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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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PRIMITAS LEARNING PARTNERSHIP 2021-08-27 → present
- PRIMITAS LEARNING PARTNERSHIP LTD 2021-08-16 → 2021-08-27
- ERASMUS DARWIN ACADEMY 2011-06-14 → 2021-08-16
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 | £28,323,042 | £30,827,002 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £36,536,254 | £1,627,036 | |
| Cash | £7,471,589 | £8,508,651 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £53,509,331 | £54,437,431 | |
| Net assets | £53,478,512 | £54,380,548 | |
| Equity | £53,478,512 | £54,380,548 | |
| Average employees | 660 | 756 | |
| Wages | £16,535,663 | £17,872,148 |
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 | 129.0% | 5.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.9% | 7.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.08x | 2.29x |
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
- Dains Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees make this assessment in respect of a period of at least one year from the date of authorisation for issue of the financial statements and have concluded that the MAT has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and there are no material uncertainties about the MAT's ability to continue as a going concern, thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- PRIMITAS LEARNING PARTNERSHIP · parent
- Erasmus Darwin Trading Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 September 2021, Primitas Learning Partnership was formed and has been operating four academies, Erasmus Darwin Academy, Highfields Primary Academy, Ridgeway Primary Academy and Holly Grove Primary Academy, as a Multi-Academy Trust. On 1 September 2023, three further schools, The Friary School, Queen's Croft High School and Henry Chadwick Primary School joined the Multi-Academy Trust.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 45 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHENSON, Fiona Sarah Helen | Secretary | 2015-07-17 | — | — |
| CHIWARIRO, Francis | Director | 2023-10-16 | Jul 1971 | British |
| JONES, Neil Alan | Director | 2021-10-25 | Feb 1972 | British |
| LEWIS, Tracy Ann | Director | 2021-09-01 | Jan 1961 | British |
| MARSDEN, Jason Derek | Director | 2021-09-01 | May 1973 | British |
| PARRY, Edward Norman | Director | 2025-09-01 | Feb 1986 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Heather Marie | Director | 2021-12-09 | Oct 1964 | British |
| PINDER-SMITH, Claire | Director | 2026-03-17 | Jul 1987 | British |
| TOWNSEND, David Christopher | Director | 2021-09-01 | Jan 1965 | British |
Show 45 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOSTOCK, Rebecca | Secretary | 2011-06-14 | 2013-08-31 |
| MULLETT, Kay Patricia | Secretary | 2013-11-01 | 2015-07-22 |
| APPLEBY-FREETH, Dominique Lauren | Director | 2014-09-05 | 2018-12-31 |
| ASTLING, Bernice Jeanette | Director | 2011-06-14 | 2016-08-31 |
| BROCKHURST, Philip John | Director | 2011-06-14 | 2015-03-15 |
| BROWN, Lisa Alexandra | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2013-08-31 |
| BUICK, Joanna Marie | Director | 2021-06-14 | 2021-09-01 |
| CRANFIELD, Neil Henry | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| ENNIS, Darren Michael Oliver | Director | 2015-05-20 | 2021-09-30 |
| ENNIS, Darren Michael Oliver | Director | 2014-09-05 | 2015-05-08 |
| ENSOR, Glenys | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| FAUNCH, Neil Colin | Director | 2014-09-05 | 2021-08-31 |
| HARRIS-PAXTON, Sara | Director | 2011-06-14 | 2012-06-20 |
| HARRISON, Christopher Robin | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2021-09-24 |
| HURCOMBE, Barrie John | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2012-08-31 |
| JONES, Keith | Director | 2014-09-05 | 2014-12-13 |
| KIRKWOOD, Susan | Director | 2016-03-14 | 2021-08-31 |
| LEWIS, Tracy Ann | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| LYDEN, Nicola Therese | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2015-08-31 |
| MADDOCKS, David | Director | 2011-06-14 | 2014-08-31 |
| MARSDEN, Jason Derek | Director | 2012-10-03 | 2021-08-31 |
| MAYDEW, Mark Graham | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| MAYER, Anna Louise Olivia | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2013-10-04 |
| MCCLELLAND, Christopher John | Director | 2012-05-07 | 2014-09-24 |
| MOSELEY, Nicholas Stephen | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2023-10-20 |
| MURPHY, Amelia | Director | 2012-05-07 | 2013-04-18 |
| OREILLY, Brendan | Director | 2014-09-05 | 2021-08-31 |
| OSMANT, Pauline Janet | Director | 2011-06-14 | 2014-08-31 |
| PAINTER, Michelle | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2025-02-10 |
| PHILLIPS, Simon John | Director | 2021-06-14 | 2021-08-31 |
| PLACE, Robin | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| PREECE, Byron Mansell | Director | 2014-09-05 | 2021-08-31 |
| REYNOLDS, Hugh Michael Peter | Director | 2011-06-14 | 2021-08-31 |
| SANDERSON, Dean George | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2015-03-13 |
| SCARSBROOK, Ruth Dayle | Director | 2016-03-18 | 2020-02-11 |
| SHELTON, David Michael | Director | 2015-07-16 | 2021-08-31 |
| SIMKIN, John Keith | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2014-10-03 |
| SMITH, Stephanie Louise | Director | 2021-06-14 | 2021-08-31 |
| STOCKDALE, Gillian Margaret | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2023-10-13 |
| SUNTER, Helen Elizabeth | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2021-09-24 |
| VEROW, Emily | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2021-11-03 |
| WILKINSON, Olivia Rose | Director | 2020-09-28 | 2021-08-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Julie | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2023-12-18 |
| WILLIAMS, Michael Frederick | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| WILSON, Mark Andrew | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2021-09-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Catherine Mary Abbott | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2023-12-12 | Ceased 2025-05-01 |
| Mrs Carli Jean Gallier | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2023-12-12 | Ceased 2025-05-01 |
| Mrs Helen Elizabeth Sunter | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2023-12-12 | Ceased 2025-05-01 |
| Mrs Helen Elizabeth Sunter | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2023-09-01 | Ceased 2023-12-01 |
| Mrs Carli Jean Gallier | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2023-09-01 | Ceased 2023-12-01 |
| Mr Mark Andrew Wilson | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2023-09-01 | Ceased 2023-12-01 |
| Mr Mark Graham Maydew | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2017-09-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-02-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-10 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-13 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-13 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-13 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-13 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
+8.8%
£28,323,042 £30,827,002
-
Cash
+13.9%
£7,471,589 £8,508,651
-
Net assets
+1.7%
£53,478,512 £54,380,548
-
Employees
+14.5%
660 756
-
Wages
+8.1%
£16,535,663 £17,872,148
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