ARETÉ LEARNING TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-14 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+43.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£88M
+19.6% vs 2024
Employees
1,035
+34.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
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 | £31,243,000 | £49,838,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £23,506,000 | £12,853,000 | |
| Cash | £1,954,000 | £2,796,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £77,076,000 | £88,529,000 | |
| Net assets | £73,835,000 | £88,278,000 | |
| Equity | £73,835,000 | £88,278,000 | |
| Average employees | 772 | 1,035 | |
| Wages | £17,148,000 | £28,273,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 75.2% | 25.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 9.1% | 4.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.71x | 1.81x |
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
- Clive Owen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Notwithstanding the increasing costs to the Trust, the Board of Trustees has a well-informed expectation that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Trustees keep accounts under constant review.”
Group structure
- ARETÉ LEARNING TRUST · parent
- Areté Learning Services Ltd
Significant events
- “At secondary level, Progress 8 scores are not available for the 2024-25 Year 11 cohort due to the cancellation of national assessments in 2020, which means these students do not have prior KS2 data.”
- “Broomfield Primary School (double RI) into our trust in November 2024 and Nunthorpe Academy (RI) in January 2025. We are working closely with these schools to bring about the necessary improvements.”
- “Our Estates and IT teams have delivered projects across our schools totalling £1.3 million. There have been significant system changes this year (MIS, Microsoft, Finance, EVERY), which is not uncommon for new and growing trusts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALL, David Nicholas | Director | 2024-04-01 | Apr 1963 | British |
| BELSOM, Christopher George Henry | Director | 2024-04-01 | Apr 1947 | English |
| BOAL, Helen Catherine | Director | 2024-12-17 | Aug 1963 | British |
| DANGERFIELD, David Robert | Director | 2024-04-01 | Jul 1966 | British |
| GUNN, Matthew Joseph Andrew | Director | 2024-12-17 | Jan 1992 | British |
| LINSLEY, Janet | Director | 2023-01-20 | Aug 1960 | British |
| SHARP, David Ian | Director | 2020-10-16 | Jul 1971 | British |
| SMITH, Sharon Elizabeth | Director | 2025-01-01 | Mar 1978 | British |
| SYKES, Jon | Director | 2022-06-29 | Apr 1964 | British |
| WHITE, Heather Mary | Director | 2024-04-01 | Dec 1970 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADRIAN, David | Director | 2020-10-16 | 2021-02-24 |
| BARKER, Ruth | Director | 2019-11-14 | 2020-08-07 |
| BARTLETT, Paul Donald | Director | 2015-03-04 | 2019-04-26 |
| BOAL, Helen Catherine | Director | 2015-03-04 | 2016-02-11 |
| BRENNAN, Stewart William | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2024-04-20 |
| BROOKER, Catherine Mary | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2024-04-18 |
| BRYAN, Peter Nigel | Director | 2024-04-01 | 2024-08-05 |
| CRANE, Richard | Director | 2021-04-22 | 2023-08-31 |
| ELLS, Louisa Jane | Director | 2020-10-16 | 2021-09-16 |
| FAZAKERLEY, Paul Kneale | Director | 2021-10-06 | 2025-10-15 |
| FOSTER, Mark Hardwick | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2024-04-18 |
| HOOTON, Judith Ann | Director | 2018-04-26 | 2023-08-31 |
| HUTCHINSON, Andrew Paul | Director | 2015-03-04 | 2019-12-31 |
| PRICE, Andrew Peaston | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2019-02-28 |
| SLADE, Andrew John, Professor | Director | 2019-11-14 | 2022-08-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 67 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-03-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-03-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-23 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-03-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
+59.5%
£31,243,000 £49,838,000
-
Cash
+43.1%
£1,954,000 £2,796,000
-
Net assets
+19.6%
£73,835,000 £88,278,000
-
Employees
+34.1%
772 1,035
-
Wages
+64.9%
£17,148,000 £28,273,000
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