HOLLINGWORTH LEARNING TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-18 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+1.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£39M
+117.4% vs 2024
Employees
390
+10.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HOLLINGWORTH LEARNING TRUST 2020-02-25 → present
- HOLLINGWORTH ACADEMY TRUST 2012-11-30 → 2020-02-25
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £19,127,000 | £21,190,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | -£7,074,000 | £21,393,000 | |
| Cash | — | £2,335,000 | £2,364,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | £17,998,000 | £39,134,000 | |
| Equity | £25,269,000 | £17,998,000 | £39,134,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 352 | 390 | |
| Wages | — | £10,046,000 | £11,431,000 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | -37.0% | 101.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.76x | 1.78x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- 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.”
Significant events
- “During 2024-25, the extension built at Newhouse Academy was donated to Hollingworth Learning Trust at a value of £20.4m.”
- “On 1 November 2024 the Heap Bridge Village Primary School converted to academy trust status under the Academies Act 2010 and all the operations and assets and liabilities were transferred to Hollingworth Learning Trust for £nil consideration.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKSON, David | Director | 2024-01-08 | Feb 1987 | British |
| CONNOLLY, Catherine Myra | Director | 2022-10-20 | Apr 1961 | British |
| HUTCHINS, Victoria Jane | Director | 2017-10-18 | Apr 1979 | British |
| MELLOR, Jacqueline | Director | 2013-09-01 | Oct 1961 | British |
| MOON, Andrew David | Director | 2013-09-01 | Jul 1964 | British |
| NORTON, Jane | Director | 2025-02-26 | Aug 1967 | British |
| OGDEN, Mark Andrew | Director | 2020-04-01 | Dec 1963 | British |
| RANDLE, Darren James | Director | 2012-11-30 | Jan 1966 | British |
| SEVILLE, Helen | Director | 2025-10-22 | May 1989 | British |
| SWEENEY, Louise Rose | Director | 2023-09-26 | Jun 1982 | British |
| THOMPSON, David John | Director | 2025-11-04 | Oct 1966 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWKER, Nathan Christopher | Director | 2014-09-26 | 2015-04-02 |
| BROWN, Jane Ann | Director | 2014-04-23 | 2020-03-31 |
| BROWN, Nicola | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2019-11-18 |
| BUTTERFIELD, Karen Ann | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2018-10-08 |
| COBLEY, Claire Kathryn | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2020-03-31 |
| COCKCROFT, Marcus | Director | 2014-10-10 | 2024-10-31 |
| DIGIORGI, Katie Louise | Director | 2016-11-04 | 2020-03-31 |
| DONLEY, Catherine Elizabeth | Director | 2013-09-17 | 2014-04-22 |
| FRATER, Judith Katherine | Director | 2014-10-10 | 2020-03-31 |
| GILFOY-MUIR, Karen Elizabeth | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2016-09-29 |
| HAWKRIGG, Matthew James | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2014-09-19 |
| HIRST, Martin | Director | 2013-10-16 | 2017-10-15 |
| HOWARD, Jacqueline Helen | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2017-02-28 |
| HUNTER, Richard Alexander | Director | 2018-10-15 | 2020-03-31 |
| HUTCHINS, Victoria Jane | Director | 2017-10-18 | 2020-03-31 |
| LOWE, Stephen | Director | 2013-09-06 | 2024-04-29 |
| MCCARTHY, Karen | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2025-07-17 |
| MCDOWELL, Sarah Jane | Director | 2024-01-18 | 2024-04-29 |
| MCDOWELL, Sarah Jane | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| MCKEOWN, Philip Joseph | Director | 2014-10-10 | 2020-03-31 |
| MICHAELS, Jennifer Clair | Director | 2018-10-15 | 2020-03-31 |
| MILLINGTON, John | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2014-10-12 |
| MUIR, Paul Kenneth | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2018-10-04 |
| NELSON, Karen Elizabeth | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2018-10-04 |
| NICHOLSON, Timothy John | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2022-09-17 |
| OGDEN, Claire Louise | Director | 2017-10-18 | 2020-03-31 |
| PACKER, John Michael | Director | 2012-11-30 | 2023-01-23 |
| PARKER, Charles Richard | Director | 2012-11-30 | 2017-03-17 |
| PIPRANI, Sattar | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| REDFEARN, Dan | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2014-04-01 |
| REGAN, Andrew Martin | Director | 2012-11-30 | 2014-09-01 |
| RENNIE, Philip David | Director | 2018-10-15 | 2020-03-31 |
| RONKSLEY, Richard Charles | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2023-01-23 |
| RUTKINS, David William | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2017-08-25 |
| SWEENEY, Louise Rose | Director | 2018-10-15 | 2020-03-31 |
| TOPHAM, Michael | Director | 2016-11-04 | 2019-07-01 |
| WHELAN, Daniel | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2020-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
+10.8%
£19,127,000 £21,190,000
-
Cash
+1.2%
£2,335,000 £2,364,000
-
Net assets
+117.4%
£17,998,000 £39,134,000
-
Employees
+10.8%
352 390
-
Wages
+13.8%
£10,046,000 £11,431,000
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