THE PRIORY LEARNING TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-22 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
+36% vs 2024
Net assets
£83M
+18.1% vs 2024
Employees
999
+1.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£10M
+1,653.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE PRIORY LEARNING TRUST 2016-08-12 → present
- PRIORY COMMUNITY SCHOOL 2011-07-08 → 2016-08-12
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 | £41,430,217 | £54,468,385 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £550,856 | £9,659,204 | |
| Net profit | £550,856 | £9,659,204 | |
| Cash | £6,293,350 | £8,559,267 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £73,155,808 | £82,663,012 | |
| Net assets | £69,976,808 | £82,663,012 | |
| Equity | £69,976,808 | £82,663,012 | |
| Average employees | 984 | 999 | |
| Wages | £23,138,211 | £25,283,874 |
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 | 1.3% | 17.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.1% | 3.2% | |
| Current ratio | -2.52x | -3.67x |
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
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the 'going concern' basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In February 2025 two additional schools joined the Trust, Burnham on Sea Infant School and St Andrew's Church Junior School.”
- “A resource base for up to 10 pupils with autism was opened in September 2025.”
- “A 9 place SEND Unit opened in September 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARTMEL, Stephanie | Director | 2025-06-19 | Mar 1970 | British |
| DOMINY, Katie Louise | Director | 2019-12-01 | Sep 1980 | British |
| HARVEY, Sally Clare | Director | 2022-08-31 | Dec 1962 | British |
| HEALEY, Samuel Robert, The Reverend | Director | 2026-01-26 | Jan 1982 | British |
| MACCORMICK, David John | Director | 2025-04-30 | Jul 1988 | British |
| MCFALL, Christopher Wayne | Director | 2025-06-18 | Nov 1976 | British |
| RICHARDS, Ronald Thomas | Director | 2022-08-31 | Oct 1949 | British |
| SIBLEY, Roderick Lewis | Director | 2011-07-08 | Apr 1955 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADEKOLA, Oluwagbenga Issac | Director | 2022-01-08 | 2024-08-31 |
| BELL, Anne | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2015-03-27 |
| BURLAND, Mark Andrew | Director | 2015-01-06 | 2016-08-01 |
| BURNBY-CROUCH, Lucinda Jane | Director | 2015-05-18 | 2016-08-01 |
| BUTTERFIELD, Victoria Louise | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2019-10-12 |
| CAPEL, Sarah | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2014-06-03 |
| COLEMAN, Peter | Director | 2014-05-19 | 2016-08-01 |
| COLES, Neville | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2022-03-31 |
| COOK, Ian Neil | Director | 2016-12-02 | 2021-07-21 |
| COX, Charles Julian | Director | 2013-11-16 | 2016-08-01 |
| CRAWFORD, Joanne | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2011-11-14 |
| DAVEY, Diane Patricia | Director | 2019-01-11 | 2023-12-14 |
| DE LAUNE, Lisa Jayne | Director | 2021-09-02 | 2024-02-10 |
| FURSLAND, Linda Margaret | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2012-09-01 |
| HAGGETT, Stuart | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2017-07-20 |
| HEMMING, Philip | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2015-10-05 |
| HICKS, Robert Anthony | Director | 2013-11-16 | 2016-08-01 |
| HILL, Janet | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2013-07-08 |
| IRWIN, Derek James | Director | 2012-12-15 | 2013-07-08 |
| JUDD, Philip John | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2013-07-08 |
| LEECE, Gary | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2013-12-06 |
| MARTIN, Timothy Raymond | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2015-03-02 |
| MCKENZIE, Andrew William | Director | 2012-12-15 | 2015-10-05 |
| MCKENZIE, Eleanor Duncan Davidson | Director | 2013-12-11 | 2015-11-02 |
| MICHAEL, Michelle | Director | 2017-10-11 | 2021-04-01 |
| MORGAN, Ceri Melvin | Director | 2022-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
| POPE, Brian Thomas | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2013-01-08 |
| RICHARDSON, John Wilson | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| RICHINGS, Fiona Constance | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2016-08-01 |
| ROOKE, Kevin Terence | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2017-09-19 |
| ROOKE, Kevin Terence | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2016-01-12 |
| ROSENBERG, Graeme | Director | 2013-11-16 | 2016-08-01 |
| SLEEMAN, Bernard Leonard | Director | 2014-11-05 | 2016-08-01 |
| SLOAN, Kelvin Michael | Director | 2015-11-09 | 2016-08-01 |
| STICKELS, David Brian | Director | 2019-09-25 | 2022-08-31 |
| TAYLOR, Dean Michael | Director | 2022-08-26 | 2024-08-31 |
| TOKELOVE, Neil Basil | Director | 2014-10-20 | 2016-08-01 |
| WALBRIDGE, Ian | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2014-09-16 |
| WATERS, Fiona Louise | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2016-08-01 |
| WESTLAKE, Michael John | Director | 2019-09-19 | 2023-09-19 |
| WOODHOUSE, Hannah | Director | 2018-11-20 | 2019-05-03 |
| WRATTEN, Barry Thomas, Dr | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2022-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Wilson Richardson | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2023-09-12 | Active |
| Mrs Margaret Jonquil Brooks | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2023-09-12 | Active |
| Mr John David Penrose | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2023-09-12 | Active |
| Mrs Margaret Jonquil Brooks | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2022-09-01 | Ceased 2023-01-27 |
| Mr John Wilson Richardson | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2022-09-01 | Ceased 2023-01-27 |
| Mr John David Penrose | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2022-09-01 | Ceased 2023-01-27 |
| Mr Neville Henry Coles | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-08-01 |
| Mr Rod Sibley | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-08-01 |
| Mr John Wilson Richardson | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-08-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-19 | RP01PSC01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-25 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-25 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
-
Turnover
+31.5%
£41,430,217 £54,468,385
-
Cash
+36%
£6,293,350 £8,559,267
-
Net assets
+18.1%
£69,976,808 £82,663,012
-
Employees
+1.5%
984 999
-
Profit before tax
+1,653.5%
£550,856 £9,659,204
-
Wages
+9.3%
£23,138,211 £25,283,874
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