THE LIGHTHOUSE TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-20 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£205K
-11.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+2.7% vs 2024
Employees
74
+10.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£93K
-365% vs 2024
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 | £2,821,000 | £3,047,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,000 | -£79,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£20,000 | -£93,000 | |
| Net profit | -£20,000 | -£93,000 | |
| Cash | £231,000 | £205,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,007,000 | £5,853,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,700,000 | £5,853,000 | |
| Equity | £5,700,000 | £5,853,000 | |
| Average employees | 67 | 74 | |
| Wages | £1,665,000 | £1,836,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.0% | -2.6% | |
| Net margin | -0.7% | -3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.0% | -1.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.01x | 1.80x | |
| Interest cover | 0.04x | -5.64x |
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
- Auditor
- DJH Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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, the board of trustees continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEATTIE, Steven Kevin | Director | 2019-12-11 | Mar 1984 | British |
| BENTLEY, Sandra Louise | Director | 2025-03-02 | Dec 1979 | British |
| CAMPBELL, Ewan James | Director | 2025-03-03 | Feb 1964 | British |
| DICKINSON, David John | Director | 2015-07-06 | Aug 1949 | British |
| FORD, Emma Jane | Director | 2023-09-01 | Apr 1978 | British |
| MARSHALL, Amy | Director | 2023-12-11 | Mar 1992 | British |
| STREET, Michelle Louise | Director | 2019-12-11 | Sep 1985 | British |
| WHITMORE, Karen | Director | 2017-09-01 | Dec 1955 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABBOTTS, Pamela | Director | 2015-07-06 | 2016-12-01 |
| ALDRIDGE, Mark Andrew | Director | 2015-07-06 | 2021-05-10 |
| ASHLEY, Samantha Jane | Director | 2015-07-06 | 2023-08-31 |
| CHADWICK, Jill Glenis | Director | 2015-07-06 | 2022-09-01 |
| COOPER, Hannah | Director | 2018-07-04 | 2022-08-31 |
| CRAIG, Samantha | Director | 2017-12-14 | 2019-07-09 |
| EMERY, Charlotte | Director | 2022-11-24 | 2025-03-03 |
| FORD, Emma Jane | Director | 2018-07-04 | 2021-03-01 |
| GOLDSTRAW, Steven Arthur | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2025-03-03 |
| GOLINSKI, Mary-Jane | Director | 2015-07-06 | 2018-06-29 |
| KENDRICK, Louise | Director | 2015-07-06 | 2021-07-16 |
| LAWTON, Susan Ann | Director | 2015-07-06 | 2016-10-01 |
| MARLOW, Emma | Director | 2015-07-06 | 2017-07-01 |
| MCKAY, Marcus | Director | 2015-07-06 | 2017-12-14 |
| MILLINGTON, Ruth | Director | 2018-07-04 | 2023-08-31 |
| MILNER, Miranda | Director | 2015-07-06 | 2018-06-29 |
| MOUNTFORD, Alison Jane | Director | 2015-07-06 | 2017-12-14 |
| SADLER, Helen Louise | Director | 2015-07-06 | 2017-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Susan Machin | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2023-06-01 | Active |
| Mr Michael Stephen Chadwick | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2021-05-10 | Active |
| Mr Mark Andrew Aldridge | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2023-05-19 |
| Mrs Jill Glenis Chadwick | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2021-05-10 |
| Mr David John Dickinson | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 61 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
+8%
£2,821,000 £3,047,000
-
Cash
-11.3%
£231,000 £205,000
-
Net assets
+2.7%
£5,700,000 £5,853,000
-
Employees
+10.4%
67 74
-
Operating profit
-8,000%
£1,000 -£79,000
-
Profit before tax
-365%
-£20,000 -£93,000
-
Wages
+10.3%
£1,665,000 £1,836,000
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