THE PINNACLE LEARNING TRUST

• ◆

  5 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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  3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. THE PINNACLE LEARNING TRUST 2017-05-13 → present
2. THE HATHERSHAW COLLEGE 2011-06-29 → 2017-05-13

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

DJH Audit Limited

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.”

Significant events

• “The opening of our brand new OSFC Sports Campus in October 2025.”
• “The GCSE results of 2025 for The Hathershaw College were unfortunately not what was hoped or expected, showing a dip across the board and a three-year trend of declining results.”
• “Mrs Angela Easton, Assistant Principal at The Hathershaw College, retired at the end of the academic year after 33 years' service.”
• “Mrs Carol Walker, long-serving Deputy Head at Broadfield Primary School, said goodbye at the end of the academic year.”
• “Mrs Jacqueline Hodgkiss retired in December 2024 after 40 years of service to the school community.”
• “Jayne Clarke OBE, Chief Executive Officer, took early retirement at the end of the academic year, departing after 23 years' service.”
• “Nick Lowry joined the trust in August 2025 as the new Chief Executive Officer.”

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

Filings

20

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

5

last 12 months

Officers resigned

5

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +10.5%

  £30,620,000 → £33,848,000

• Cash

  -58.1%

  £5,675,000 → £2,377,000

• Net assets

  +2.6%

  £43,272,000 → £44,416,000

• Employees

  +5%

  560 → 588

• Operating profit

  -69.2%

  £6,026,000 → £1,858,000

• Profit before tax

  -71.7%

  £5,717,000 → £1,620,000

• Wages

  +12.1%

  £18,181,000 → £20,378,000

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