THE LAURUS TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-26 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
-2.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£112M
+6.4% vs 2024
Employees
1,232
+2.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£8M
-27.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE LAURUS TRUST 2015-07-27 → present
- CHEADLE HULME EDUCATION TRUST 2012-01-12 → 2015-07-27
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 | £62,183,000 | £72,386,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £10,791,000 | £7,804,000 | |
| Net profit | £10,791,000 | £7,804,000 | |
| Cash | £6,304,000 | £6,140,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £104,910,000 | £111,573,000 | |
| Net assets | £104,861,000 | £111,546,000 | |
| Equity | £104,861,000 | £111,546,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,199 | 1,232 | |
| Wages | £42,106,000 | £44,838,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 17.4% | 10.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 7.3% | 6.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.07x | 1.32x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of trustees have 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. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the Statement of Accounting Policies.”
Significant events
- “Laurus Grace, our specialist provision free school for students with Social, Emotional, Emotion and/or Mental Health (SEMH) needs, admitted its first cohort of students in October 2024 in order to address the shortage of specialist places in Stockport Local Authority. We will move towards our full cohort of 80 students when the new building is completed in 2026.”
- “This year also saw the completion of two major infrastructure projects: Laurus Ryecroft now boasts the largest 3G sports facility in the North West. Priestnall School has undergone a significant transformation, enhancing both its indoor and outdoor sports facilities.”
- “Our growth strategy is to be a cross phase trust from early years to post-16, educating around 15,000 children across multiple local authorities in North West England. We are growing our primary family of schools in September 2025 with the addition of Norris Bank Primary School via conversion.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURGESS, Nicola | Secretary | 2016-07-11 | — | — |
| CRAWFORD, Julie | Director | 2023-11-29 | May 1961 | British |
| GILMOUR, Alan George | Director | 2022-11-01 | Apr 1959 | Scottish |
| KERSHAW, Dagmar Kent | Director | 2018-03-16 | Feb 1968 | British |
| LITTLE, Anthony Richard Morrell | Director | 2016-05-03 | Apr 1954 | British |
| MAGRATH, Linda Mary | Director | 2025-01-06 | Jul 1960 | British |
| MASON, Wendy | Director | 2018-04-27 | Dec 1975 | British |
| MCGILL, Sally Elizabeth | Director | 2022-09-20 | Sep 1962 | British |
| MELLOR, Simeon John | Director | 2025-01-06 | Mar 1982 | British |
| NEVIN, Charles John, Rev | Director | 2012-01-12 | Mar 1945 | British |
| RAVI KUMAR, Kalkivayi Seshagiri | Director | 2018-10-17 | Jun 1968 | British |
| THOMPSON, Nicholas David James | Director | 2025-01-06 | Jan 1976 | British |
| TURNPENNEY, Gillian Ann | Director | 2022-05-05 | May 1968 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNKERLEY, Jane | Secretary | 2012-01-12 | 2015-10-16 |
| BENTON, Pauline Elizabeth | Director | 2012-01-12 | 2022-08-31 |
| BROWN, David | Director | 2015-10-16 | 2024-10-22 |
| CROMBLEHOLME, Jane Marie | Director | 2020-02-07 | 2024-09-01 |
| DUNKERLEY, Jane | Director | 2015-10-16 | 2018-04-29 |
| ELIAS, Leonard James | Director | 2012-09-14 | 2022-07-06 |
| FAHY, Peter, Sir | Director | 2016-04-22 | 2018-02-14 |
| FISHER, Catherine Dorothy | Director | 2012-12-21 | 2021-11-04 |
| GOODWIN, Estelle | Director | 2016-11-02 | 2018-05-16 |
| GRAHAM, Anthony | Director | 2012-01-12 | 2018-07-06 |
| HORSFIELD, Vivienne Elaine | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| MAGRATH, Linda Mary | Director | 2017-01-27 | 2019-02-27 |
| MAGRATH, Linda Mary, Mr. | Director | 2012-01-12 | 2012-12-21 |
| SINGLETON, Jenny Louise | Director | 2018-07-16 | 2019-11-13 |
| WHITE, John David | Director | 2012-01-12 | 2012-09-14 |
| WOOLLEY, Lisa | Director | 2016-11-02 | 2024-11-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 77 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-23 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
+16.4%
£62,183,000 £72,386,000
-
Cash
-2.6%
£6,304,000 £6,140,000
-
Net assets
+6.4%
£104,861,000 £111,546,000
-
Employees
+2.8%
1,199 1,232
-
Profit before tax
-27.7%
£10,791,000 £7,804,000
-
Wages
+6.5%
£42,106,000 £44,838,000
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