SUSSEX LEARNING TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-10 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+29.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£72M
+0.4% vs 2024
Employees
616
+14.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£520K
-101.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SUSSEX LEARNING TRUST 2015-06-08 → present
- WARDEN PARK ACADEMY TRUST 2011-07-14 → 2015-06-08
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 | £58,014,000 | £31,016,000 | |
| Operating profit | £31,741,000 | £152,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £31,154,000 | -£520,000 | |
| Net profit | £31,154,000 | -£520,000 | |
| Cash | £1,720,000 | £2,235,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £71,678,000 | £71,996,000 | |
| Net assets | £71,436,000 | £71,717,000 | |
| Equity | £71,436,000 | £71,717,000 | |
| Average employees | 539 | 616 | |
| Wages | £15,061,000 | £17,474,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 54.7% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | 53.7% | -1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 44.3% | 0.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.9% | 5.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.52x | 1.24x | |
| Interest cover | 54.07x | 0.23x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- 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 it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On the 1 June 2023, Woodgate Primary Schools joined the Trust changing its name on conversion to Woodgate Primary Academy.”
- “On 1 September 2023, Chichester Free School joined the Trust having previously been part of Sussex Education Trust (a single academy trust).”
- “On 1 June 2024, Billingshurst Primary School joined the Trust changing its name on conversion to Billingshurst Primary Academy.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOWARD, Jennifer Anne | Secretary | 2014-07-16 | — | — |
| ASH-EDWARDS, Jonathan Christopher | Director | 2011-07-14 | Feb 1987 | British |
| DHESI, Harbinder Singh | Director | 2026-01-06 | Nov 1986 | British |
| GRAY, Jessica Margaret | Director | 2021-01-14 | Apr 1978 | British |
| GUNTER, Esther Mary | Director | 2016-09-26 | Jan 1978 | British |
| HILL, Hamish Robert Mason | Director | 2018-01-24 | Sep 1981 | Australian |
| POTTER, Phillip George | Director | 2022-12-07 | Jul 1975 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Stuart John | Director | 2020-09-01 | Oct 1960 | British |
| RUSS, Kathleen Anne | Director | 2024-07-17 | Nov 1967 | British |
| STEVENS, Richard Henry | Director | 2021-05-01 | Nov 1976 | British |
| WATERS, Nicola Jayne | Director | 2024-06-07 | Dec 1971 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Rowan Patricia | Director | 2025-12-08 | May 1960 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAMMENT, David Alan | Secretary | 2011-07-14 | 2014-07-16 |
| ALLIK, Jennifer Mary | Director | 2016-09-26 | 2025-01-20 |
| BRADBURY, Peter | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| CAIDAN, Michael Jon | Director | 2016-09-26 | 2019-09-30 |
| CARROLL, Margaret Elizabeth Eve | Director | 2021-05-01 | 2022-01-03 |
| HISCOCK, Peter David | Director | 2022-03-29 | 2025-07-18 |
| HOMER, Claire | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2021-04-30 |
| LAMBERT, Matthew John Coutanche | Director | 2011-07-14 | 2014-07-16 |
| MORRIS, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2016-09-26 | 2018-01-11 |
| PACK, Janet Sheila | Director | 2011-07-14 | 2012-08-31 |
| PACKHAM, Joelle Mary | Director | 2022-01-19 | 2023-03-29 |
| PACKHAM, Joelle Mary | Director | 2016-09-26 | 2022-01-03 |
| TAPPING, Roger Frederick | Director | 2016-09-26 | 2020-01-27 |
| THOMPSON, Jeffrey Clark | Director | 2019-10-09 | 2023-12-31 |
| TODD, Philip Andrew | Director | 2016-09-26 | 2022-04-03 |
| VELUSWAMY, Subburathinam | Director | 2022-05-06 | 2025-12-10 |
| WATT, Simon | Director | 2014-07-16 | 2019-10-28 |
| YOUNG, Hamish Gavin | Director | 2016-09-26 | 2017-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Simon Watt | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2023-09-27 | Ceased 2024-02-21 |
| Mr Robert Mcdougall Clark | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2023-09-27 | Ceased 2024-02-21 |
| Mr Robert John Stoneley | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2023-09-27 | Ceased 2024-02-21 |
| Mr Simon Watt | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2022-11-04 | Ceased 2023-03-30 |
| Mr Robert John Stoneley | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2022-11-04 | Ceased 2023-03-30 |
| Ms Sian Elisabeth Carter | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2022-11-04 | Ceased 2023-03-30 |
| Mr Peter Bradbury | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-09-26 |
| Mr Jonathan Christopher Ash-Edwards | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-09-26 |
| Mr Simon Watt | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-09-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 102 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-27 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-02-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | 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
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-46.5%
£58,014,000 £31,016,000
-
Cash
+29.9%
£1,720,000 £2,235,000
-
Net assets
+0.4%
£71,436,000 £71,717,000
-
Employees
+14.3%
539 616
-
Operating profit
-99.5%
£31,741,000 £152,000
-
Profit before tax
-101.7%
£31,154,000 -£520,000
-
Wages
+16%
£15,061,000 £17,474,000
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