NORTHERN LIGHTS LEARNING TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-23 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+7.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£32M
+17.5% vs 2024
Employees
582
+25.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5M
-70.3% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- NORTHERN LIGHTS LEARNING TRUST 2016-07-21 → present
- BENEDICT BISCOP CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY 2012-03-23 → 2016-07-21
- BENEDICT BISCOP ACADEMY 2012-01-13 → 2012-03-23
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 | £45,388,000 | £40,906,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £18,130,000 | £5,376,000 | |
| Net profit | £18,130,000 | £5,376,000 | |
| Cash | £3,101,000 | £3,324,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,402,000 | £32,209,000 | |
| Net assets | £27,402,000 | £32,209,000 | |
| Equity | £27,402,000 | £32,209,000 | |
| Average employees | 463 | 582 | |
| Wages | £14,584,000 | £18,672,000 |
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 | 39.9% | 13.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 7.1% | 6.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.37x | 2.44x |
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
- Clive Owen LLP
- 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. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the Statement of Accounting Policies.”
Significant events
- “Dame Dorothy Primary School converted and joined the Trust on 1 February 2025.”
- “24-25 was 'the Year of Community' across all schools and central team in the Trust. This was extremely successful in engaging with our communities and having an impact on their communities.”
- “Our Associate School model has proved to be an effective model previously with St. Helen's Primary School, joining the Trust after being an Associate Member of the Trust.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWINHOE, Hayley | Secretary | 2024-03-14 | — | — |
| BATH, Anita | Director | 2024-11-05 | Apr 1965 | British |
| BOWES, Laura | Director | 2025-04-08 | Nov 1988 | British |
| BRINE, Jason Andrew | Director | 2023-11-13 | Sep 1971 | British |
| FALCUS, Jack | Director | 2024-08-19 | Sep 1995 | British |
| HAMMOND, Katie | Director | 2019-12-03 | Oct 1983 | British |
| HEATON, Joanne Louise | Director | 2019-04-23 | Dec 1977 | British |
| JONES, Christina | Director | 2025-02-10 | Dec 1967 | British |
| TOLHURST, David, Rev | Director | 2023-02-01 | Oct 1972 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Colin Neil | Director | 2023-02-01 | Feb 1966 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENDERSON, Christine | Secretary | 2012-04-20 | 2023-11-16 |
| RICHARDSON, Helen Victoria | Secretary | 2023-11-16 | 2024-03-14 |
| ANDERSON, Helen Louise | Director | 2014-12-02 | 2016-07-03 |
| ANDERSON, Martin Edward, Rev | Director | 2012-02-05 | 2013-07-21 |
| ATKINSON, Angie | Director | 2012-05-25 | 2016-03-11 |
| BRADSHAW, Jennifer Ann, Reverend | Director | 2012-01-13 | 2012-05-24 |
| BURN, Susan Margret | Director | 2012-03-15 | 2012-11-04 |
| CLARK, Paul Richard | Director | 2018-01-31 | 2022-11-10 |
| CLARK, Stephanie, Rev | Director | 2012-01-13 | 2013-02-14 |
| EMMERSON, Matthew William | Director | 2020-11-24 | 2021-11-15 |
| FARNSWORTH, John Graham | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2015-12-03 |
| FARQUHAR, Paul Neil | Director | 2018-04-17 | 2020-12-31 |
| FLORY, Rebecca | Director | 2025-05-13 | 2026-04-20 |
| HARDING-SMITH, Michelle | Director | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-17 |
| HEPWORTH, Sarah Ann | Director | 2012-01-13 | 2013-07-04 |
| HODGSON, Catherine | Director | 2022-01-11 | 2023-10-01 |
| HOLDEN, Sharon | Director | 2012-01-13 | 2016-02-24 |
| INKSTER, Christine | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| JONES, Beverley Dawn | Director | 2023-02-01 | 2024-10-03 |
| LAIDLER, Michael | Director | 2023-01-04 | 2024-09-17 |
| LATHAM, Claire | Director | 2012-01-13 | 2012-07-17 |
| LEADLEY, Victoria | Director | 2012-10-11 | 2014-05-08 |
| LITTLE, Jenni Louse | Director | 2012-01-13 | 2016-02-01 |
| LOGAN, Janet | Director | 2013-04-23 | 2016-07-03 |
| LYMER, Sarah | Director | 2019-10-17 | 2024-09-27 |
| MARSHALL, Christine, Cllr | Director | 2013-05-15 | 2016-07-03 |
| MITCHELL, Chris | Director | 2013-12-18 | 2016-03-21 |
| MULVANEY, Julie | Director | 2012-01-13 | 2014-10-14 |
| MURRAY, Jacqueline | Director | 2012-03-15 | 2019-04-22 |
| NORTON, Lorraine | Director | 2013-09-19 | 2016-07-03 |
| OLSEN, Peter Norman | Director | 2018-01-26 | 2024-03-26 |
| PROCTER, Pippa Mary | Director | 2016-07-04 | 2018-09-26 |
| ROBERTS, William Joseph | Director | 2023-09-12 | 2025-02-10 |
| SIMPSON, Richard | Director | 2012-01-13 | 2013-02-14 |
| SKIPSEY, Steve | Director | 2017-09-20 | 2018-04-17 |
| SMITH, David William | Director | 2018-01-10 | 2019-02-06 |
| STOUPH, Mark | Director | 2012-05-25 | 2023-07-11 |
| TAIT, Paula | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2013-07-04 |
| THOMPSON, Paula | Director | 2012-01-13 | 2019-04-22 |
| THORP, Susie, Rev'D | Director | 2013-11-11 | 2016-07-03 |
| TOLHURST, David, Rev | Director | 2013-02-14 | 2018-03-08 |
| WHELAM-TATE, Emma | Director | 2013-09-19 | 2016-07-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-20 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
-9.9%
£45,388,000 £40,906,000
-
Cash
+7.2%
£3,101,000 £3,324,000
-
Net assets
+17.5%
£27,402,000 £32,209,000
-
Employees
+25.7%
463 582
-
Profit before tax
-70.3%
£18,130,000 £5,376,000
-
Wages
+28%
£14,584,000 £18,672,000
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