THE SPIRE CHURCH OF ENGLAND LEARNING TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-24 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
-91.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE SPIRE CHURCH OF ENGLAND LEARNING TRUST 2018-02-08 → present
- ST JOHN'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL ACADEMY 2013-01-10 → 2018-02-08
Profit before tax
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 | £25,497,107 | £17,048,713 | |
| Operating profit | £12,530,996 | £1,079,660 | |
| Profit before tax | £12,530,996 | £1,079,660 | |
| Net profit | £12,530,996 | £1,079,660 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | — | — | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | £7,885,034 | £9,595,468 |
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 | 49.1% | 6.3% | |
| Net margin | 49.1% | 6.3% |
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
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the Multi-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.”
Significant events
- “This has been a significant year for the Trust with all Trust schools sustaining a performance outcome of at least 'Good' by Ofsted and in some cases with 'Outstanding' elements too.”
- “One of the Trust schools won a prestigious National Award for Inclusion and one of the Trust Headteachers was awarded 'Headteacher of the Year' by Worcestershire Local Authority.”
- “The Central Team also changed during the period January 2025 to August 2025 with new appointments of the CEO/Executive Headteacher, COO and CFO.”
- “Walkwood Church of England Middle School is on course to join in the academic year 2026/2027.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOLB, Emily | Secretary | 2025-04-28 | — | — |
| LAMBERT, Kate | Director | 2021-05-05 | May 1969 | British |
| SCHOFIELD, Sue | Director | 2022-12-13 | Dec 1960 | British |
| SHORTER, Rosemary Sara | Director | 2018-09-01 | Feb 1960 | British |
| SMITH, Chris | Director | 2025-04-09 | Jan 1974 | British |
| WIGLEY, Gareth John | Director | 2024-11-06 | Jun 1967 | British |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERREY, Janet | Secretary | 2013-01-10 | 2025-04-27 |
| ALLBUT, Bryan William | Director | 2019-09-19 | 2025-01-31 |
| ALLBUT, Bryan | Director | 2017-01-10 | 2018-09-01 |
| ANDREWS, Peter | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2017-02-13 |
| ASHMAN, Christopher John | Director | 2015-07-10 | 2018-09-01 |
| ASHMAN, Christopher John | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2014-09-30 |
| BARBOUR, Robert Hugh | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2020-06-25 |
| BAXTER, Karen | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2016-09-30 |
| BERRY, Sandra | Director | 2021-05-05 | 2022-07-21 |
| CAREY JENKINS, Derval | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2018-09-12 |
| CLARKE, Valerie Jane | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2017-05-22 |
| COOK, Christopher John | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2013-10-11 |
| COX, Stephen | Director | 2025-04-28 | 2025-05-09 |
| DUNN, Beth | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2014-08-31 |
| ELWELL-THOMAS, Alison | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2018-09-01 |
| FERGUSON, Ellen | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2018-09-12 |
| FOY, Julie Ann | Director | 2016-10-03 | 2018-09-01 |
| GULLIVER, Timothy | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2020-09-24 |
| HARGREAVES, Gary Leonard | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2014-03-18 |
| IRELAND, Melanie | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2016-12-31 |
| JAMES, Anthony Geoffrey | Director | 2019-09-19 | 2026-03-17 |
| JAMES, Anthony Geoffrey | Director | 2015-07-10 | 2018-09-01 |
| JAMES, Anthony Geoffrey | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2014-09-30 |
| KHAN, Raynan Anthony, Reverend | Director | 2015-09-29 | 2019-09-19 |
| KING, Jeremy David | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2020-01-30 |
| LAWSON HUGHES, Fiona | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2021-12-14 |
| LEE, Adele | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2018-09-01 |
| LEE, Adele | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2014-08-31 |
| LIMBRICK, Neil | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2018-09-01 |
| MATHARU, Davinder Kaur | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2015-09-29 |
| NORRIS, Paul Jon | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2015-02-03 |
| PEMBERTON, Sara Laura | Director | 2014-12-02 | 2018-09-01 |
| POWELL, Robert | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2018-09-01 |
| REECE-MILLS, Sarah | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2014-09-30 |
| REEVES, Scott | Director | 2014-12-02 | 2015-12-01 |
| ROBERTS, Geraint Llewelyn | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2025-04-27 |
| SCHOFIELD, Susan Jennifer | Director | 2019-11-20 | 2021-11-30 |
| SHORTER, Rosemary Sara | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2017-09-18 |
| SPENCER, Caroline Joy | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2016-03-01 |
| SUMNER, Rosemary | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2018-09-01 |
| VICARY, Joanne | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2014-11-17 |
| WALLACE, Lee | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2018-09-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Tim, Father | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2025-01-14 |
| WINGFIELD, Christopher, Rev | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2014-01-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 115 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-33.1%
£25,497,107 £17,048,713
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-91.4%
£12,530,996 £1,079,660
-
Profit before tax
-91.4%
£12,530,996 £1,079,660
-
Wages
+21.7%
£7,885,034 £9,595,468
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