LEARN ACADEMIES TRUST

1. LEARN ACADEMIES TRUST 2016-07-08 → present
2. GREAT BOWDEN ACADEMY LTD 2012-06-07 → 2016-07-08

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Streets Audit LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustee Board has a reasonable expectation that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. This conclusion is based on the annual budget planning exercise conducted in summer 2025 and taking account of the changes to financial projections arising since the budgets were completed during the autumn of 2025 and government funding relating to pay awards and inflationary increases were clarified. It was concluded the Trust was able to manage its financial resources for the medium term, taking account of government challenges around uncertainty and public sector funding. For these reasons it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “The Trust operates 19 Academies for pupils aged 4-11 years, serving a catchment area in Leicestershire. It has a pupil capacity of 4,515 and had a roll of 3,733 in the school census in October 2025.”
• “The educational leadership restructuring was implemented during the year along with the commencement of a restructuring of the Premises team and the tendering of the Trust's school cleaning requirements.”
• “The Trust has also created a dedicated People and Culture department which has already begun to implement a new HR system that will introduce more robust payroll processes as well as new methods of managing and developing our teams.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +2.3%

  £28,951,000 → £29,624,000

• Cash

  +21%

  £1,860,000 → £2,251,000

• Net assets

  +13.3%

  £19,348,000 → £21,928,000

• Employees

  +12.1%

  588 → 659

• Operating profit

  -49.1%

  £6,043,000 → £3,076,000

• Profit before tax

  -49.1%

  £6,043,000 → £3,076,000

• Wages

  +12.4%

  £13,333,000 → £14,987,000

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