LEARNERS' TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-23 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-32.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£31M
+2.9% vs 2024
Employees
642
+5.1% 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 | £28,061,000 | £29,940,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£379,000 | £550,000 | |
| Cash | £4,541,000 | £3,061,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,075,000 | £31,247,000 | |
| Net assets | £30,304,000 | £31,181,000 | |
| Equity | £30,304,000 | £31,181,000 | |
| Average employees | 611 | 642 | |
| Wages | £14,746,000 | £15,767,000 |
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 | -1.4% | 1.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.88x | 2.26x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing forecast income, expenditure, reserves and cashflow, and taking into account the Trust's reserves position, the Trustees have concluded that there are no material uncertainties about the Academy Trust's ability to continue as a going concern for the period of at least 12 months from signing these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 5 June 2025, the Government announced that it will introduce legislation to give affected pension schemes the ability to retrospectively obtain written actuarial confirmation that historic benefit changes met the necessary standards. Once the legislation has been passed, this will mean that pension schemes will be able to obtain written confirmation from an actuary about the benefit changes that were previously made and apply that confirmation retrospectively without making the plan amendments void, if the changes met the necessary standards.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRETHERTON, Marie-Claire | Director | 2022-01-31 | May 1978 | British |
| GILL, Narinderjit | Director | 2024-12-09 | Aug 1967 | British |
| GRIFFIN, Ross Michael | Director | 2023-02-01 | Jun 1976 | British |
| LEVERS, Ian Charles | Director | 2023-01-13 | Dec 1980 | British |
| LEWINS, Monica Sextus | Director | 2022-10-27 | Mar 1978 | British |
| MONKHOUSE, Jemma Alice | Director | 2020-03-17 | Dec 1985 | British |
| TIDMARSH, Darren | Director | 2021-11-10 | Mar 1972 | British |
| WELSH, Steven Andrew | Director | 2018-09-03 | Dec 1977 | British |
| WILKINSON, Mark Roger | Director | 2024-12-09 | Feb 1984 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKEHURST, Penelope Jane | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2019-09-17 |
| ALEXANDER, Susie | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2017-04-25 |
| BEIGHTON, Angela Margaret | Director | 2018-02-05 | 2021-04-01 |
| BEMBRIDGE, April | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2022-02-15 |
| BLACKBURN, Dino Aldo | Director | 2018-09-06 | 2018-09-06 |
| CHEETHAM, Clare Marie | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2022-11-14 |
| DALE, Roger Anthony | Director | 2020-02-28 | 2022-02-15 |
| EDWARDS, Karl | Director | 2018-09-26 | 2021-09-30 |
| FREESTON, Matt | Director | 2016-06-09 | 2017-12-14 |
| GREENWOOD, Anthony Victor | Director | 2016-10-31 | 2017-06-07 |
| HIGHTON, Tracy | Director | 2016-06-09 | 2017-06-30 |
| JONES, Andrew | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2018-09-28 |
| JONES, Clive Stuart | Director | 2016-06-09 | 2017-03-31 |
| KENCH, Sarah | Director | 2020-02-28 | 2024-03-17 |
| LOVE, Mark Anthony | Director | 2021-09-28 | 2025-07-08 |
| MIZLER, Gary | Director | 2021-01-06 | 2021-09-03 |
| MYERS, Lindsey Jane | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2022-05-24 |
| NOONE, Leanne Emily | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2024-01-16 |
| RUTHERFORD, John | Director | 2018-01-08 | 2023-07-10 |
| STOTT, Truddi | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2017-06-30 |
| TANFIELD, Jayne Elizabeth | Director | 2021-08-20 | 2022-10-12 |
| TAYLOR, David Charles | Director | 2023-01-26 | 2023-05-02 |
| THOMAS, Claire | Director | 2016-06-09 | 2017-06-30 |
| VICKERS, Joy Elizabeth | Director | 2016-10-31 | 2017-06-07 |
| WARSOP, Adam Philip | Director | 2022-01-31 | 2022-10-12 |
| WHITE, Cherie | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2019-09-17 |
| WIDDOWSON, Ben | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2022-09-12 |
| WOOTTON, Laura | Director | 2016-10-31 | 2021-07-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Samuel Richard Coy | Individual | Appoints directors | 2023-11-06 | Active |
| Mr John Rutherford | Individual | Appoints directors | 2018-09-26 | Ceased 2023-02-21 |
| Mr Dino Aldo Blackburn | Individual | Appoints directors | 2018-09-06 | Active |
| Mr Andrew Jones | Individual | Appoints directors | 2017-02-01 | Ceased 2018-09-28 |
| Dr Kevin Walker | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-07-01 | Active |
| Mr Ian Powell | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 94 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-16 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
+6.7%
£28,061,000 £29,940,000
-
Cash
-32.6%
£4,541,000 £3,061,000
-
Net assets
+2.9%
£30,304,000 £31,181,000
-
Employees
+5.1%
611 642
-
Wages
+6.9%
£14,746,000 £15,767,000
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