LINGFIELD EDUCATION TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-26 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
+24.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£65M
+23.5% vs 2024
Employees
936
+28.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- LINGFIELD EDUCATION TRUST 2017-01-13 → present
- HEATHFIELD ACADEMY TRUST 2012-04-12 → 2017-01-13
- HEATHFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL 2012-04-12 → 2012-04-12
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £24,133,000 | £10,132,000 | |
| Cash | £5,299,000 | £6,579,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £53,469,000 | £64,960,000 | |
| Net assets | £52,451,000 | £64,796,000 | |
| Equity | £52,451,000 | £64,796,000 | |
| Average employees | 730 | 936 | |
| Wages | £19,828,000 | £27,254,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 6.6% | 6.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.49x | 2.16x |
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
- 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.”
Significant events
- “The Trust opened our 24th school in May 2025.”
- “The Trust has therefore set out a strategic approach to growth and has identified groups of schools according to criteria. There are currently 8 schools showing an interest in Lingfield Education Trust, and initial meetings with Governors and Heads have taken place during the year. This plan aims to grow the Trust to 27+ schools over the next 12-24 months.”
- “The Trust are committed to reducing their energy consumption and have invested LED lights and new more energy efficient boilers in the last year. We are planning to invest further in LED lighting upgrades to our schools to achieve further reductions as well reductions to our heating consumption through numerous initiatives.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKBURN, Nicholas John | Director | 2012-04-12 | Mar 1968 | British |
| CROWTHER, John Stuart | Director | 2014-09-01 | Oct 1945 | British |
| DRAISEY, Kevin | Director | 2023-12-07 | May 1981 | British |
| FAULKNER, Carl | Director | 2023-07-08 | May 1967 | British |
| FITZGERALD, Graham | Director | 2014-08-08 | May 1973 | British |
| LANCASHIRE, Andrew John | Director | 2023-07-08 | May 1962 | British |
| LAWS, Shawn | Director | 2023-12-07 | Aug 1978 | British |
| MARTIN, John | Director | 2012-06-01 | Aug 1966 | British |
| TELLING, Matthew John | Director | 2025-06-16 | Aug 1975 | British |
| WHITMORE, Kathleen Anne | Director | 2012-06-01 | Apr 1952 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERGUSON, Katie Macarthur | Secretary | 2020-11-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| PRIMA SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-11-06 | 2020-11-01 |
| PRIMA SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-04-12 | 2013-01-28 |
| BAILLIE, Amanda Jane | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2015-01-21 |
| BAINBRIDGE, Lisa | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2014-02-07 |
| BENJAMIN, Charlotte Jane | Director | 2023-12-07 | 2025-06-17 |
| BLAKESLEY, Christine, Reverend | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2014-09-01 |
| CAMPBELL, David John | Director | 2018-01-30 | 2019-03-28 |
| CORMACK-LENDON, Jennifer | Director | 2021-03-09 | 2022-08-31 |
| EGLINGTON, Colin William | Director | 2017-09-14 | 2020-06-17 |
| ELLIOTT, David William | Director | 2018-01-30 | 2019-07-17 |
| GARAGHTY, Anthony Edward | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2016-10-19 |
| GERAGHTY, Sandra | Director | 2012-04-12 | 2014-04-23 |
| HAYMER, Mark Conrad | Director | 2013-09-13 | 2014-09-01 |
| HEAD, Victoria Elizabeth | Director | 2014-02-20 | 2014-09-01 |
| HENDERSON, Loraine | Director | 2014-08-08 | 2016-02-01 |
| HILLS, Judith | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2014-04-23 |
| HUBBARD, Cheryl | Director | 2013-09-13 | 2014-08-07 |
| LAWSON, Rita | Director | 2021-03-09 | 2023-12-07 |
| MACKINNON, Christine Mary | Director | 2017-09-14 | 2018-09-06 |
| MCKAY, Allison Bernadette | Director | 2020-11-02 | 2024-12-05 |
| MOORE, Carol Ann | Director | 2014-03-01 | 2014-09-01 |
| MOYES, David | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2014-08-07 |
| NICHOLSON, Lynne | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2014-09-01 |
| PRETTYMAN, Linda | Director | 2013-09-05 | 2014-09-01 |
| PRITCHARD, Alaric Jackson | Director | 2021-03-09 | 2022-09-22 |
| RICHARDSON, Shirley | Director | 2012-04-12 | 2014-03-03 |
| STEEL, John Richard | Director | 2015-02-23 | 2020-07-27 |
| VARDY, Auriel Susan | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2014-08-07 |
| WALLACE, David | Director | 2023-09-04 | 2023-12-07 |
| WATSON, Emma Elizabeth | Director | 2019-12-05 | 2022-09-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-15 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with 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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+24.2%
£5,299,000 £6,579,000
-
Net assets
+23.5%
£52,451,000 £64,796,000
-
Employees
+28.2%
730 936
-
Wages
+37.5%
£19,828,000 £27,254,000
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