THE HARBOUR SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-07 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-24
Watchouts
Cash
£10M
+98% vs 2024
Net assets
£76M
+117% vs 2024
Employees
1,263
+38.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£40M
+4,749.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 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 — the current trading name was adopted 2025-02-26
- THE HARBOUR SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP 2025-02-26 → present
- VENTRUS LIMITED 2016-12-09 → 2025-02-26
- THE PRIMARY ACADEMIES TRUST 2011-10-24 → 2016-12-09
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 | £34,682,000 | £101,317,000 | |
| Operating profit | £687,000 | £39,973,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £829,000 | £40,201,000 | |
| Net profit | £829,000 | £40,201,000 | |
| Cash | £4,930,000 | £9,760,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £35,492,000 | £75,849,000 | |
| Net assets | £34,868,000 | £75,661,000 | |
| Equity | £34,868,000 | £75,661,000 | |
| Average employees | 911 | 1,263 | |
| Wages | £19,753,000 | £33,799,000 |
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 | 2.0% | 39.5% | |
| Net margin | 2.4% | 39.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.9% | 52.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.5% | 7.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.28x | 2.18x | |
| Interest cover | 68.70x | 1816.95x |
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
- Auditor
- Griffin Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have concluded that the Academy Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “One of the key successes of the 2024-25 academic year was the successful merger of Ventrus Multi Academy Trust and Tarka Learning Partnership, bringing together 36 schools, all of which are united in the Trust mission to achieve excellence through collaboration to realise the right of every child to flourish.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CANN, Mo | Secretary | 2025-10-01 | — | — |
| BLYTH, Sharon | Director | 2025-04-23 | Aug 1973 | British |
| CHOWN, Gary Clifford | Director | 2011-10-24 | May 1969 | British |
| EDWARDS, David | Director | 2018-10-03 | Nov 1957 | British |
| HAYWARD, Johnathon | Director | 2025-05-23 | Feb 1984 | British |
| MACKNEY, Sean Leon | Director | 2024-05-15 | Jun 1972 | British |
| RICE, Christopher | Director | 2025-06-23 | Apr 1978 | British |
| THOMAS, Caroline Sally | Director | 2015-02-12 | May 1979 | British |
| WRIGHT, Michael James | Director | 2026-04-29 | Nov 1984 | British |
Show 45 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINS, Bridget | Secretary | 2023-01-25 | 2025-05-22 |
| BROWN, Victoria Mary Brelsford | Secretary | 2015-11-01 | 2015-11-09 |
| CANDY, Isabelle Andree Yvette | Secretary | 2012-02-02 | 2013-08-31 |
| EMERY, Emma Jayne | Secretary | 2018-01-29 | 2019-04-22 |
| HAMILTON, Kate Eloise | Secretary | 2015-03-01 | 2015-10-31 |
| HERBERT, Richard | Secretary | 2019-04-23 | 2021-09-22 |
| HUNT, Emma | Secretary | 2013-09-01 | 2015-02-28 |
| HYLAND, Lynne | Secretary | 2021-09-22 | 2023-01-25 |
| JARRETT, Vanessa Lee | Secretary | 2016-01-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| OLIVER, Della | Secretary | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-23 |
| RICHARDS, Sally Elizabeth | Secretary | 2016-09-26 | 2018-01-26 |
| WILLIAMS, Carli | Secretary | 2025-07-23 | 2025-09-30 |
| ALLMARK, Barbara Marion, Dr | Director | 2013-02-18 | 2013-08-31 |
| BAKER, Janet Elizabeth | Director | 2013-09-24 | 2016-08-31 |
| BAKER, Janet Elizabeth | Director | 2011-10-24 | 2013-08-31 |
| BARNARD, John Peter | Director | 2011-11-28 | 2012-10-08 |
| BENT, Lyndon Collins | Director | 2015-02-12 | 2017-12-31 |
| BIDWELL, Jason Lewis | Director | 2011-11-28 | 2012-03-07 |
| CHAMBERS, Philip Arthur | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| COWIE, Janet Munro | Director | 2011-10-24 | 2013-08-31 |
| DE SOUSA-WEBB, Leo | Director | 2017-12-15 | 2018-06-13 |
| FOWLER, Noel Paul | Director | 2011-10-24 | 2011-11-01 |
| GICQUEL, Adrian Louis | Director | 2015-03-26 | 2018-11-12 |
| HALL-TOMKIN, Joanna | Director | 2022-02-02 | 2023-03-22 |
| HOPPER, Jacqueline Louise | Director | 2011-11-28 | 2013-08-31 |
| INGLES, Nathalie | Director | 2018-12-13 | 2025-03-19 |
| JAFRATE, Tina Louise | Director | 2019-01-30 | 2022-02-02 |
| JAY, Christopher Anthony | Director | 2011-11-28 | 2014-01-15 |
| JONES, Paul Lloyd | Director | 2011-10-24 | 2013-08-31 |
| LAMB, Penelope Jill | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2013-08-31 |
| LUKE, Clare Louise | Director | 2018-12-12 | 2022-12-11 |
| MACDONALD, Alan Hendry, Reverend | Director | 2015-03-23 | 2016-09-20 |
| MAGUIRE, Nicholas James | Director | 2011-11-28 | 2013-08-31 |
| MUZVIMWE, Macdonald Tatenda | Director | 2018-12-12 | 2024-07-10 |
| NICHOLLS, Helen Mary | Director | 2011-10-24 | 2017-08-31 |
| NOLAN, William Patrick | Director | 2011-11-28 | 2013-08-31 |
| NORTON, Jasmin | Director | 2017-09-27 | 2020-02-05 |
| ORLOVSKY, Marcus | Director | 2013-10-14 | 2014-10-17 |
| PITMAN, Mark Edgar | Director | 2011-11-28 | 2013-08-31 |
| RICE, Raymond Donald | Director | 2011-11-28 | 2013-08-31 |
| ROBERTS, Rebecca Louise | Director | 2013-10-14 | 2018-12-12 |
| RUDD, Neil Timothy | Director | 2012-04-26 | 2013-08-31 |
| VALLANCE, Colin John | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| WHITTAKER, Hugh Fraser | Director | 2011-11-28 | 2023-07-12 |
| WIMSETT, Paul, Rev | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2013-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathalie Ingles | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2022-09-21 | Ceased 2022-09-21 |
| Mr James Hutchinson | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2022-07-19 | Ceased 2022-07-19 |
| Mr Hugh Fraser Whittaker | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-09-20 |
| Exeter Diocesan Education Network | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-07-19 |
| University Of Exeter | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-07-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-02-26 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2025-02-26 NE01 Change of name exemption
- 2025-02-26 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-22 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-26 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-02-26 | NE01 | change-of-name | Change of name exemption | |
| 2025-02-26 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
+192.1%
£34,682,000 £101,317,000
-
Cash
+98%
£4,930,000 £9,760,000
-
Net assets
+117%
£34,868,000 £75,661,000
-
Employees
+38.6%
911 1,263
-
Operating profit
+5,718.5%
£687,000 £39,973,000
-
Profit before tax
+4,749.3%
£829,000 £40,201,000
-
Wages
+71.1%
£19,753,000 £33,799,000
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