CITY LEARNING TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-26 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-12
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+175.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£38M
-2% vs 2024
Employees
336
+2.8% 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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6 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CITY LEARNING TRUST 2014-10-14 → present
- HAYWOOD ACADEMY LIMITED 2013-08-01 → 2014-10-14
- HAYWOOD ENGINEERING COLLEGE 2011-08-19 → 2013-08-01
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 | £21,128,591 | £21,828,565 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£672,105 | -£1,284,284 | |
| Cash | £1,032,229 | £2,840,303 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £38,303,847 | £37,556,563 | |
| Net assets | £38,303,847 | £37,556,563 | |
| Equity | £38,303,847 | £37,556,563 | |
| Average employees | 327 | 336 | |
| Wages | £11,319,396 | £11,756,431 |
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 | -3.2% | -5.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.5% | 6.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.66x | 1.27x |
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
- Hardings
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the CLT 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
- “The City Learning Trust successfully launched the innovative and unique Character and Arts Foundation during the 2022/23 academic year and has continued to develop this effectively over the past few years.”
- “Crossway at Haywood opened in Easter 2024 with a small group of at-risk individuals.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITE, Sandra | Secretary | 2020-02-24 | — | — |
| BAGNALL, Zalena | Director | 2026-03-16 | Jun 1981 | British |
| DAWSON, Neil Anthony | Director | 2011-08-19 | Nov 1949 | British |
| DEAN, Wendy | Director | 2025-09-01 | Jan 1965 | British |
| HOOKWAY, Ian | Director | 2022-04-25 | Oct 1967 | British |
| JOHNSON, David | Director | 2025-09-01 | May 1955 | British |
| ROBERTS, Adrian | Director | 2025-09-01 | Jul 1966 | British |
| WARD, Carl Stewart | Director | 2013-04-15 | Jan 1971 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAW, Joanne Mary | Secretary | 2011-08-19 | 2020-02-23 |
| BARLOW, John | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2015-07-09 |
| BONAR, Elaine | Director | 2023-01-30 | 2024-05-21 |
| BRUNDRETT, Mark, Professor | Director | 2018-11-14 | 2020-02-10 |
| CHADWICK, Michael Stephen | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2019-05-11 |
| CLARK, Tom | Director | 2023-01-30 | 2024-08-23 |
| CLEWES, Angela Dawn | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2015-07-09 |
| COLCLOUGH, Joy Christine | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2012-02-10 |
| COLLIER, Steven | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2012-09-01 |
| DEAN, Wendy Jane | Director | 2018-10-15 | 2021-08-31 |
| DEAN, Wendy Jane | Director | 2015-05-12 | 2016-11-08 |
| DICKINSON, David John | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2012-08-31 |
| DOYLE, Geoffrey Brian | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2015-07-09 |
| DUNN, Barbara | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2015-07-09 |
| DYER, Benjamin Lee | Director | 2020-02-10 | 2022-01-06 |
| FITZGERALD, Glenn | Director | 2016-09-21 | 2020-09-20 |
| GOODA, David Patrick | Director | 2020-02-10 | 2025-08-31 |
| HAMLYN, Michael, Dr | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2015-07-09 |
| HAMMERSLEY, Dena | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2012-05-14 |
| HAROON, Nasik | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2015-07-09 |
| HAWKER, Stephen Hugh Denys | Director | 2021-06-28 | 2022-11-30 |
| HILL, Erin | Director | 2023-01-30 | 2025-11-10 |
| HILTON, Melanie | Director | 2015-09-14 | 2016-06-08 |
| HOOKWAY, Ian | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2022-02-01 |
| HUGHES, Frederick Henry | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2018-08-31 |
| JOHNSON, David | Director | 2025-09-01 | 2025-09-01 |
| JOHNSON, David Andrew | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2022-11-07 |
| KENYON, Heather Selina | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2015-07-09 |
| LEGG, Nathan | Director | 2012-06-18 | 2015-07-09 |
| LLOYD, Michael Norman | Director | 2017-09-04 | 2018-11-12 |
| PARKER, Tony | Director | 2015-05-12 | 2016-05-18 |
| POTTS, Hazel | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2015-07-09 |
| PRICE, Kay | Director | 2016-05-18 | 2018-03-12 |
| SCHOFIELD, Dawn | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2012-02-27 |
| SELMAN, Jane | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2015-07-09 |
| SHANAHAN, Carol Ann | Director | 2017-09-04 | 2018-05-15 |
| SMITH, Kathleen Ann | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2015-07-09 |
| SPROSTON, Sarah Melanie | Director | 2017-09-04 | 2025-08-31 |
| THOMAS, Karl Jack | Director | 2016-09-21 | 2017-11-09 |
| THORLEY, David | Director | 2025-09-01 | 2025-09-01 |
| THORLEY, David | Director | 2025-09-01 | 2025-12-01 |
| WALLEY, Joan | Director | 2015-05-12 | 2018-10-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 6
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
+3.3%
£21,128,591 £21,828,565
-
Cash
+175.2%
£1,032,229 £2,840,303
-
Net assets
-2%
£38,303,847 £37,556,563
-
Employees
+2.8%
327 336
-
Wages
+3.9%
£11,319,396 £11,756,431
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