MERCIA LEARNING TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-03 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-19
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+44.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£73M
+3.7% vs 2024
Employees
665
-0.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£724K
-90.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MERCIA LEARNING TRUST 2014-01-10 → present
- KING ECGBERT SCHOOL 2012-06-26 → 2014-01-10
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 | £35,324,113 | £40,112,304 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £7,464,423 | £724,009 | |
| Net profit | £7,464,423 | £724,009 | |
| Cash | £2,360,398 | £3,418,839 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £73,223,305 | £73,599,314 | |
| Net assets | £70,774,305 | £73,424,314 | |
| Equity | £70,774,305 | £73,424,314 | |
| Average employees | 666 | 665 | |
| Wages | £20,823,987 | £22,120,890 |
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 | 21.1% | 1.8% | |
| Current ratio | -1.58x | -2.66x |
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
- BHP LLP
- 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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Multi Academy Trust's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHANCE, Charlotte Frances | Secretary | 2013-06-26 | — | — |
| BUTLER, Malcolm Andrew | Director | 2021-12-06 | Jul 1968 | British |
| DODDS, Rhona Anne | Director | 2016-10-01 | Jul 1964 | British |
| KARIM, Bolawa | Director | 2024-05-15 | May 1985 | Nigerian |
| MASHFORD, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2024-11-04 | Jul 1978 | British |
| POGUE, Esme | Director | 2025-10-31 | Oct 1988 | British |
| POWELL, Joanne | Director | 2025-06-18 | May 1970 | British |
| RUSLING, Mark Simon | Director | 2025-10-31 | May 1980 | British |
| THOMAS, Andrew | Director | 2024-06-24 | Sep 1981 | British |
| VOYCE, Stuart | Director | 2025-06-18 | May 1980 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANGRAVE, David | Director | 2020-10-21 | 2024-06-05 |
| ARCHER, Paul Michael | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2014-01-08 |
| BENOIST, Fiona | Director | 2021-11-25 | 2026-01-16 |
| BOWES, Lesley Anne | Director | 2012-06-26 | 2017-10-27 |
| BROCK, Alan Peter | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2014-01-08 |
| CAMPBELL, Andrew Ian | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2014-01-08 |
| CHEW, Stephen Peter | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2017-10-23 |
| DEAL, John Francis | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2021-06-17 |
| DOWNING, Michael Francis | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2014-01-08 |
| FARMER, Martin | Director | 2014-01-08 | 2015-01-13 |
| FOX, Jethron Pease | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2013-08-31 |
| HEWSON, Ian James | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2013-06-26 |
| HILLIER, Stephen Martin | Director | 2013-06-26 | 2017-06-28 |
| HOPE-GILL, James Paul | Director | 2017-10-23 | 2021-10-22 |
| JONES, Jillian | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2014-01-08 |
| LAWRANCE, David Mark | Director | 2013-06-26 | 2014-01-08 |
| MCCAIRNS, Rebecca Isla | Director | 2012-06-29 | 2012-09-21 |
| MILLWARD, Joanne Nicola | Director | 2018-05-23 | 2025-09-12 |
| MOORE, Robert William Chaffey | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2014-01-08 |
| MORTON-HALL, Ian Jurgen William | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2014-01-08 |
| NEWMAN, Christopher Mark Howard, Prof | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2016-11-23 |
| PARTINGTON, Heather Louise | Director | 2015-05-13 | 2017-03-26 |
| PEARSON, Sarah Charlotte Geraldine | Director | 2015-01-13 | 2025-09-04 |
| POWELL, Henry James | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2014-01-08 |
| ROSE, James | Director | 2012-10-15 | 2014-01-08 |
| SHAHEEN, Afseer Ahmed | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2014-01-08 |
| SMITH, Martin Richard | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2014-01-08 |
| SMITH, Patricia | Director | 2014-01-08 | 2014-05-16 |
| SMITH, Philip David | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2024-08-31 |
| STEWART, Christopher Allan | Director | 2014-01-08 | 2015-08-31 |
| WARD, Andrea | Director | 2013-01-07 | 2014-01-08 |
| WEBB, Graham Ernest | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2014-01-08 |
| WHITTON, John Robert | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2013-04-30 |
| WILEMAN, Nicola Ellen | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2017-03-26 |
| WYDENBACH, Edward Alan | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2015-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Arun Singh | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2024-06-06 | Ceased 2024-10-03 |
| Mr Philip David Smith | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2024-06-06 | Ceased 2024-09-23 |
| Mrs Bella Abrams | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2024-06-06 | Ceased 2024-09-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-02-09 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-11 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
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Turnover
+13.6%
£35,324,113 £40,112,304
-
Cash
+44.8%
£2,360,398 £3,418,839
-
Net assets
+3.7%
£70,774,305 £73,424,314
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Employees
-0.2%
666 665
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Profit before tax
-90.3%
£7,464,423 £724,009
-
Wages
+6.2%
£20,823,987 £22,120,890
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