ACHIEVE AND LEARN TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-24 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-10
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
-7.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£49M
+0.4% vs 2024
Employees
286
+4.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£940K
+0.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2024-09-25
- ACHIEVE AND LEARN TRUST 2024-09-25 → present
- SOUTH MANCHESTER LEARNING TRUST 2017-08-31 → 2024-09-25
- ALTRINCHAM COLLEGE OF ARTS 2012-07-10 → 2017-08-31
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 | £15,449,000 | £15,976,000 | |
| Operating profit | £936,000 | £940,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £936,000 | £940,000 | |
| Net profit | £463,000 | £456,000 | |
| Cash | £4,680,000 | £4,349,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £48,628,000 | £48,821,000 | |
| Net assets | £48,536,000 | £48,748,000 | |
| Equity | £48,536,000 | £48,748,000 | |
| Average employees | 274 | 286 | |
| Wages | £9,204,000 | £9,584,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.1% | 5.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.9% | 1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 1.6% | 1.6% | |
| Current ratio | 7.23x | 6.93x | |
| Interest cover | 1.93x | 1.84x |
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
- DJH Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of trustees has a reasonable expectation that the academy trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the board of trustees continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The academy trust changed its name from South Manchester Learning Trust to Achieve and Learn Trust on 25 September 2024.”
- “From September 2025, the board will have a third committee: Curriculum and Standards Committee which will meet twice a year to oversee the quality of education provided by the Trust in our schools.”
- “Reddish Vale High School has an Ofsted grading of Inadequate: Special Measures (June 2024). Since year-end, it has been confirmed that Reddish Vale High School, will be transferred out of the Trust.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR, Danielle Nicola | Secretary | 2012-07-10 | — | — |
| AFZAL, Cara | Director | 2023-02-22 | Nov 1970 | British |
| CHOPRA, Priyanka | Director | 2025-12-02 | Nov 1985 | British |
| DICKERSON, Suzanne | Director | 2024-09-01 | Dec 1973 | British |
| HEWITT, Alison Gaynor | Director | 2017-09-01 | Oct 1967 | British |
| PATEL, Nikki | Director | 2024-09-01 | Jul 1982 | British |
| POVALL, Sam, Dr | Director | 2025-06-24 | Jun 1993 | British |
| RAND, Connor | Director | 2025-06-24 | Nov 1992 | British |
| WILDMAN, Susan Gwenda | Director | 2012-07-10 | May 1960 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUBREY, Robert John | Director | 2012-07-10 | 2017-08-31 |
| BEATTIE, Ruth Elizabeth | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2017-09-01 |
| BELL, Ann Catherine | Director | 2013-11-25 | 2015-04-07 |
| BILOUS, Isabel Isherwood | Director | 2012-07-10 | 2013-05-21 |
| BROOKS, Peter Richard | Director | 2012-07-10 | 2025-02-04 |
| BROPHY, Jane | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2020-05-19 |
| BROPHY, Jane | Director | 2012-11-14 | 2016-11-13 |
| CARTWRIGHT, Gillian | Director | 2015-11-24 | 2017-09-01 |
| CATTERALL, Amanda Ursula | Director | 2012-07-10 | 2014-04-04 |
| COLLIER, Mark | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2015-12-08 |
| CORNISH, Robert Stephen | Director | 2012-07-10 | 2017-09-01 |
| DUNHAM, Pam | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2024-07-09 |
| EARLE, Kim | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| EASTWOOD, Andrew | Director | 2012-07-10 | 2017-07-30 |
| ENGLISH, Martin | Director | 2012-07-10 | 2017-09-01 |
| FLOODGATE, Amanda | Director | 2012-07-10 | 2014-10-22 |
| GOODCHILD, Linda Ann | Director | 2012-07-10 | 2016-11-30 |
| HAGUE, Thomas Robert | Director | 2013-11-25 | 2017-09-01 |
| HODGES, Stephen | Director | 2013-04-15 | 2016-05-09 |
| KANE, Margo Mary | Director | 2015-12-02 | 2024-12-03 |
| KEVAN, John Philip | Director | 2012-07-10 | 2017-09-01 |
| LAMBRICK, David Brynne, Dr | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2017-09-01 |
| LANE, Elizabeth Jane, Rev | Director | 2012-07-10 | 2015-01-13 |
| LEWIS, Denise Amanda | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2017-09-01 |
| LLOYD, Margaret | Director | 2024-12-06 | 2024-12-06 |
| LUCAS, Marilyn | Director | 2012-07-10 | 2017-03-19 |
| MACDONALD, Tom | Director | 2019-02-20 | 2019-11-07 |
| MATTHEWS, Katherine | Director | 2012-07-10 | 2013-06-26 |
| PANTON, Linda Jane | Director | 2012-07-10 | 2013-02-16 |
| QUESNEL, Rachel | Director | 2024-09-01 | 2025-11-25 |
| SCHOFIELD, Peter, Dr | Director | 2012-07-10 | 2014-10-21 |
| SHAW, Kevin Anthony | Director | 2023-02-22 | 2024-07-11 |
| SINGLETON, Jenny Louise | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2018-10-04 |
| SLACK, David | Director | 2012-07-11 | 2017-03-19 |
| STANSFIELD, Malcolm | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2022-07-09 |
| STEVENSON, Hazel Angela | Director | 2012-07-10 | 2017-09-01 |
| STEVENSON, Matthew Oliver James | Director | 2014-12-03 | 2014-12-03 |
| VALENTINE, Viriginia | Director | 2012-07-10 | 2012-10-12 |
| YOUNG, Michael David Peregrine, Councillor | Director | 2012-09-21 | 2017-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Richard Perry | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2025-06-24 | Ceased 2025-12-02 |
| Ms Margaret Lloyd | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2024-12-06 | Ceased 2025-12-02 |
| Ms Jane Brophy | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2020-05-20 | Ceased 2024-12-03 |
| Ms Susan Gwenda Wildman | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2018-01-18 | Ceased 2025-06-24 |
| Mr Robert John Aubrey | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-09-01 | Ceased 2025-12-02 |
| Dr David Brynne Lambrick | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-09-01 | Ceased 2018-10-04 |
| Ms Susan Gwenda Wildman | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-07-21 | Ceased 2017-09-01 |
| Mr Robert John Aubrey | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-07-21 | Ceased 2017-09-01 |
| Mr Martin English | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-07-21 | Ceased 2017-09-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-27 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-12 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-12-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
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Turnover
+3.4%
£15,449,000 £15,976,000
-
Cash
-7.1%
£4,680,000 £4,349,000
-
Net assets
+0.4%
£48,536,000 £48,748,000
-
Employees
+4.4%
274 286
-
Operating profit
+0.4%
£936,000 £940,000
-
Profit before tax
+0.4%
£936,000 £940,000
-
Wages
+4.1%
£9,204,000 £9,584,000
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