LUMINARA EDUCATION TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-20 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-06
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+22.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£34M
-2.8% vs 2024
Employees
195
-3% 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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9 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-01-10
- LUMINARA EDUCATION TRUST 2025-01-10 → present
- LUMINARA EDUCATION TRUST LTD 2025-01-08 → 2025-01-10
- THE DUSTON EDUCATION TRUST 2014-11-06 → 2025-01-08
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 | £13,331,288 | £14,801,368 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£1,068,159 | -£942,390 | |
| Cash | £1,919,793 | £2,359,693 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £35,315,809 | £34,327,419 | |
| Net assets | £35,315,809 | £34,327,419 | |
| Equity | £35,315,809 | £34,327,419 | |
| Average employees | 201 | 195 | |
| Wages | £7,432,582 | £7,904,307 |
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 | -8.0% | -6.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.8% | 5.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.25x | 1.71x |
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
- MHA
- 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, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “This positive trend of results has continued for 2025 achieving the highest Attainment 8 result in the school's history.”
- “In 2024/25 Sixth Form results were the best ever in the school's history”
- “Since the 2021 inspection The Duston School has moved forwards at pace.”
- “The school served as a national Behaviour Hub Lead School, providing extensive support nationally to other schools and Trusts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNING, Matthew | Director | 2024-01-31 | Feb 1980 | British |
| EDWARDS, Tyrone | Director | 2025-02-24 | May 1984 | British |
| LUPTON, Vikki | Director | 2024-11-04 | May 1987 | British |
| MILLS, Duncan | Director | 2026-02-02 | May 1953 | British |
| MORLEY-SMITH, Robert | Director | 2026-03-24 | Nov 1978 | British |
| MUDALIAR, Ash | Director | 2026-03-05 | Apr 1983 | British |
| MUMFORD, Andrew David | Director | 2024-02-26 | Mar 1976 | British |
| STRICKLAND, Samuel Philip | Director | 2017-04-19 | Nov 1978 | British |
| WADE, Claudia Karen | Director | 2024-02-13 | Mar 1956 | British |
| WARD, Maxine Jayne | Director | 2026-04-13 | Jul 1961 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIGNOLD, Brenda Maureen | Director | 2015-04-30 | 2018-07-20 |
| BREWIN, Michael, Dr | Director | 2021-05-06 | 2022-11-04 |
| CLAYTON, Rosalie Elizabeth | Director | 2014-11-06 | 2018-09-30 |
| COLE, Fiona | Director | 2015-10-15 | 2019-09-19 |
| COLEMAN, Reece | Director | 2025-04-02 | 2025-09-23 |
| CRAWTE, Adam Lewis | Director | 2019-12-03 | 2024-12-02 |
| DALY, Glenn Stuart | Director | 2014-11-06 | 2020-12-03 |
| DEACON-VINEY, Maria | Director | 2016-12-14 | 2022-05-12 |
| FROST, Mara | Director | 2025-01-06 | 2025-11-11 |
| GHERRA, Sarbjeet | Director | 2018-02-19 | 2021-07-12 |
| GILBERT, Pippa | Director | 2022-03-24 | 2025-11-05 |
| GILLAM, Paul Maxwell | Director | 2019-09-19 | 2022-07-22 |
| GOLBY, Matthew John | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2025-07-23 |
| HELSON, Richard | Director | 2024-01-31 | 2025-12-01 |
| HERRIMAN, Jane Sara | Director | 2015-03-19 | 2016-05-31 |
| HOPKINS, Emma | Director | 2019-09-19 | 2024-09-18 |
| JAKHU, Tarun | Director | 2025-04-03 | 2025-09-23 |
| KITCHEN, Catherine Margaret | Director | 2020-06-11 | 2024-06-10 |
| KNOWLTON-MAILE, Gabrielle | Director | 2015-10-15 | 2023-10-13 |
| MARSTON, Tim | Director | 2022-03-24 | 2026-03-23 |
| MARTIN, Lester Jeffrey | Director | 2019-05-23 | 2024-05-23 |
| MCCANN, Joseph Michael | Director | 2022-03-24 | 2024-07-31 |
| MCCANN, Joseph Michael | Director | 2014-11-06 | 2016-12-31 |
| MCCOLL, Kelly | Director | 2024-02-05 | 2025-06-02 |
| MONK, Richard | Director | 2020-12-02 | 2022-01-29 |
| MURRAY, John Anthony | Director | 2015-03-19 | 2019-03-18 |
| PATEL, Nik | Director | 2022-03-24 | 2026-03-24 |
| PEACH, Janice | Director | 2015-03-19 | 2017-03-31 |
| PETTIT, Gary Steven | Director | 2024-02-24 | 2024-07-12 |
| PIERONI, Tom | Director | 2024-03-13 | 2025-03-03 |
| POWELL, Kirsty | Director | 2022-09-13 | 2024-10-17 |
| PRATT, Annette | Director | 2019-05-23 | 2021-10-15 |
| PRUTHI, Monica | Director | 2019-04-25 | 2024-12-01 |
| RAINE, Maureen | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| ROGERS, Dan | Director | 2022-09-13 | 2024-01-16 |
| STEWART, Diane | Director | 2015-09-10 | 2018-03-08 |
| STOCKLEY, Georgina Jane | Director | 2019-12-03 | 2021-10-19 |
| WILSON, Elizabeth Mary | Director | 2015-10-15 | 2017-12-31 |
| WIMPRESS, Emma Rhian | Director | 2021-05-06 | 2023-03-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Glenn Stuart Daly | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-03 |
| Mr Joseph Michael Mccann | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-03 |
| Mrs Rosalie Elizabeth Clayton | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-03-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-26 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-03-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 9
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
+11%
£13,331,288 £14,801,368
-
Cash
+22.9%
£1,919,793 £2,359,693
-
Net assets
-2.8%
£35,315,809 £34,327,419
-
Employees
-3%
201 195
-
Wages
+6.3%
£7,432,582 £7,904,307
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