LUMEN LEARNING TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-13 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-30
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+12.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£47M
+25.4% vs 2024
Employees
416
+14.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £16,203,501 | £28,864,098 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£120,226 | £9,136,623 | |
| Cash | £4,039,773 | £4,534,179 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £37,413,305 | £46,930,928 | |
| Net assets | £37,413,305 | £46,930,928 | |
| Equity | £37,413,305 | £46,930,928 | |
| Average employees | 362 | 416 | |
| Wages | £8,851,540 | £10,694,841 |
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 | -0.7% | 31.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.8% | 3.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.74x | 3.12x |
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
- James Cowper Kreston Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees, including all Committees, has a reasonable expectation that the Academy 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
- “The onboarding of Southfield Park as it joins the Trust from 1st November 2025.”
- “Successful onboarding of Ewell Grove Primary.”
- “Expansion of Nursery offer at Darley Dene to accommodate 2-year olds.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUIR, Sharon Angela | Secretary | 2024-01-01 | — | — |
| BENNETT, Elliot James | Director | 2019-11-29 | Oct 1976 | British |
| ELLIS-PHILIP, Laura | Director | 2017-05-10 | Dec 1965 | British |
| MCCARTHY, Mary Ellen | Director | 2013-09-10 | Aug 1964 | British |
| ORBELL, James Timothy | Director | 2024-09-01 | Jul 1965 | British |
| OSMOND, Alison | Director | 2018-03-28 | May 1961 | British |
| REID, Marijke | Director | 2022-11-25 | Jun 1970 | Dutch |
| ROBERTS, Joanne | Director | 2023-09-01 | Jul 1981 | British |
| SALOTERA, Tajinder | Director | 2020-09-14 | Jan 1981 | British |
| SANSOM, Jennifer Susan | Director | 2026-04-20 | Jan 1981 | British |
| STARK, Annette Michelle | Director | 2024-09-01 | Jun 1963 | British |
| SUNDERLAND, Louise | Director | 2019-11-29 | Oct 1974 | British |
| TILLEN, Rachel | Director | 2024-12-09 | Jun 1966 | British |
| VANGO, Raymond Edward | Director | 2013-08-30 | Feb 1953 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAFFI, Jean Helen Louise | Secretary | 2013-09-10 | 2017-11-30 |
| WILKINS, Elizabeth Helen | Secretary | 2017-11-29 | 2023-12-31 |
| BENTLEY, Lawrence William | Director | 2019-07-12 | 2020-01-06 |
| BERESFORD, Jane | Director | 2013-09-10 | 2014-08-26 |
| CROOK, Stewart | Director | 2020-09-14 | 2022-03-13 |
| DANIELS, Pat | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2014-11-26 |
| GEORGE, Mark | Director | 2014-11-26 | 2017-07-07 |
| GRIFFITHS, Elizabeth | Director | 2015-11-26 | 2017-04-18 |
| HUSSAIN, Mahmudul | Director | 2017-11-24 | 2019-01-18 |
| INGHAM, Ian Thomas | Director | 2013-09-10 | 2025-11-29 |
| KISLINGBURY, Wendy Violet | Director | 2013-08-30 | 2014-06-14 |
| PATEL, Keiran Kumar Arvind | Director | 2020-01-06 | 2024-08-31 |
| PRENDERGAST, Daniel Ian | Director | 2013-08-30 | 2019-01-18 |
| RODIN, Peter Anthony | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2025-11-29 |
| SEDGWICK, Wendy | Director | 2014-11-26 | 2020-09-14 |
| STAFFORD, Darren Ricki | Director | 2014-11-26 | 2016-09-29 |
| WALFORD, Wendy Sylvia | Director | 2017-07-07 | 2020-03-06 |
| WILLIAMS, Alexandra | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2024-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Raymond Edward Vango | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2025-09-01 | Ceased 2026-03-20 |
| Mrs Wendy Sedgwick | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2025-09-01 | Ceased 2026-03-20 |
| Mr Daniel Ian Prendergast | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2025-09-01 | Ceased 2026-03-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 83 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-20 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-03-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-29 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
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Turnover
+78.1%
£16,203,501 £28,864,098
-
Cash
+12.2%
£4,039,773 £4,534,179
-
Net assets
+25.4%
£37,413,305 £46,930,928
-
Employees
+14.9%
362 416
-
Wages
+20.8%
£8,851,540 £10,694,841
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