SYMPHONY LEARNING TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-21 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-34.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£33M
+0.8% vs 2024
Employees
507
+1.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£564K
+828% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SYMPHONY LEARNING TRUST 2016-06-24 → present
- GLEN HILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL 2012-02-08 → 2016-06-24
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 | £20,334,552 | £22,947,514 | |
| Operating profit | -£77,533 | £564,477 | |
| Profit before tax | -£77,533 | £564,477 | |
| Net profit | -£77,533 | £564,477 | |
| Cash | £3,682,410 | £2,423,412 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,396,736 | £32,647,213 | |
| Net assets | £32,396,736 | £32,647,213 | |
| Equity | £32,396,736 | £32,647,213 | |
| Average employees | 499 | 507 | |
| Wages | £12,060,719 | £13,023,034 |
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 | -0.4% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | -0.4% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.2% | 1.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.7% | 5.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.58x | 2.17x | |
| Interest cover | -0.09x | 0.60x |
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
- Streets Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the Multi-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 in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 1 September 2024 Foxton Primary School converted to academy trust status under the Academies Act 2010 and all the operations and assets and liabilities were transferred to Symphony Learning Trust from Leicestershire County Council for £NIL consideration.”
- “The Multi-Academy Trust has 12 Academies and is continuing its growth journey, the Trust has had three LA maintained schools who joined the Trust effective 1 September 25, taking NOR to 4564. Another five Academies will also be joining the Trust, which are Northamptonshire based, later in the academic year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHARLTON, Lauren | Director | 2016-09-01 | Jun 1990 | British |
| GILMOUR, William Macmillan Davidson | Director | 2016-09-01 | Sep 1942 | British |
| HARRISON, Nigel David | Director | 2016-09-01 | Jul 1978 | British |
| HAYTON-BANKS, Tina Marie | Director | 2022-11-15 | Jun 1968 | British |
| TUCKWELL, Mark William | Director | 2026-01-06 | Jul 1968 | British |
| WARNEKEN, Andrew Ellery | Director | 2019-02-06 | Aug 1970 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNETT, David Mark, Dr | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2013-06-14 |
| BLANEY, David George | Director | 2015-11-27 | 2016-08-31 |
| BURGESS, Anthony Darren | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2018-06-20 |
| BUTTERWORTH, Marie Claire | Director | 2013-10-09 | 2016-08-31 |
| CROUCH, Robin Jamie | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2016-08-31 |
| CROWDELL, Pamela Mary | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2014-10-09 |
| CURLEY, Simon John | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2016-08-31 |
| DARWIN, Wayne Thomas David | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2018-05-09 |
| DE VOIL, Janette | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2016-08-31 |
| ERNEST, Alvin Donald | Director | 2019-02-06 | 2021-12-14 |
| GERAGHTY, Lee James | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2016-08-31 |
| GRAGE, Vicky Ann | Director | 2013-10-15 | 2016-08-31 |
| GRANT, Susan Jeanette | Director | 2013-10-09 | 2015-02-26 |
| GRATTON, Brian James | Director | 2018-02-02 | 2019-05-22 |
| GRIMSHAW, Nigel | Director | 2020-11-03 | 2020-11-03 |
| HIND, Pauline Sophia | Director | 2013-10-15 | 2016-08-31 |
| HINSON YATES, Laura | Director | 2019-02-06 | 2024-10-14 |
| JOHNSON, Rosemary Clare | Director | 2012-05-02 | 2016-08-31 |
| KINGSLEY-MILLS, Christine May | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2018-11-05 |
| LILLEY, Steve Ronald | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2021-12-01 |
| MCGOVERN, Kathryn Ann | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2018-02-21 |
| MERRILL, Christine Ann | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2016-08-31 |
| NESBITT, Marie | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2013-06-14 |
| NUTBROWN, Daniel Alexander | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2016-08-31 |
| ROBERTS, Sallyann | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2016-08-31 |
| SANDERSON, Melissa Louise | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2016-08-31 |
| SAYANI, Nazma | Director | 2019-02-06 | 2020-03-30 |
| SCARTH, Julie Anne | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2019-03-27 |
| SCHAFER, Paul Justin | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2013-10-09 |
| SHIELDS, Scott Robert | Director | 2021-10-25 | 2025-12-18 |
| SMALL, Joanne | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2017-11-20 |
| SMITH, Amy Margaret | Director | 2012-05-02 | 2016-08-31 |
| STEVENS, Christopher Kenneth | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2018-02-19 |
| SUTCLIFFE, Timothy James | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2016-08-31 |
| THOMPSON, Linda Pauline | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2013-08-31 |
| TULLY, Michael John, Dr | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2016-08-31 |
| WALSHE, Ellena | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2018-05-14 |
| WELSH, Geoff Lee | Director | 2015-02-26 | 2016-08-31 |
| WESLEY, Rebecca Louise | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2016-08-31 |
| WIGLEY, Christine Ann | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2016-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 103 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-01 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+12.8%
£20,334,552 £22,947,514
-
Cash
-34.2%
£3,682,410 £2,423,412
-
Net assets
+0.8%
£32,396,736 £32,647,213
-
Employees
+1.6%
499 507
-
Operating profit
+828%
-£77,533 £564,477
-
Profit before tax
+828%
-£77,533 £564,477
-
Wages
+8%
£12,060,719 £13,023,034
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