HOPE LEARNING COMMUNITY
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-06 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
+109% vs 2024
Net assets
£60M
+93% vs 2024
Employees
496
+8.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HOPE LEARNING COMMUNITY 2020-11-03 → present
- MARKET FIELD LEARNING COMMUNITY 2016-09-23 → 2020-11-03
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 | £15,826,497 | £25,543,907 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £737,112 | £30,624,938 | |
| Cash | £3,478,923 | £7,269,358 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,293,787 | £60,398,725 | |
| Net assets | £31,293,787 | £60,398,725 | |
| Equity | £31,293,787 | £60,398,725 | |
| Average employees | 456 | 496 | |
| Wages | £10,189,447 | £16,136,538 |
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 | 4.7% | 119.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.7% | 4.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.29x | 2.93x |
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
- Griffin Chapman
- 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
- “Following the resignation of the Trust CFO in April, the Director of Operations assumed the additional responsibilities, becoming Chief Finance and Operations Officer.”
- “Southview School and College - Ofsted Inspection (November 2024)...rated Good overall, with Outstanding leadership and management.”
- “CFO Transition: In March 2025, the Trust CFO resigned. The Director of Operations assumed the additional responsibilities...”
- “Incorporation of Lexden Springs School: In January 2025, Lexden Springs officially joined the Trust...”
- “Hope Lodge Opening: ...opened on 1 September 2025...”
- “Ofsted Success for Lexden Springs Residential: Lexden Springs received a "Outstanding" rating in its summer 2025 inspection.”
- “Infrastructure Investment at Southview: Completion of outbuildings has provided additional space...”
- “During the year £1,807,572 of free reserves were transferred into the trust on conversion of Lexden Springs to an academy per note 26.”
- “On 1st January 2025 Lexden Springs Special School converted to academy trust status under the Academies Act 2010”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREWS, Michael Frank | Director | 2016-09-23 | Dec 1945 | British |
| GOGGIN, Alan | Director | 2016-09-23 | Dec 1947 | British |
| LINDEN, Kerry Louise | Director | 2023-05-18 | Nov 1964 | British |
| SHAIKLY, Darin Muthana | Director | 2022-03-31 | Nov 1966 | British |
| SHELDON, Russell Scott | Director | 2022-05-19 | Nov 1971 | British |
| SMITH, Gary Russell | Director | 2016-09-28 | Apr 1957 | British |
| TYRRELL, Christopher Patrick | Director | 2025-05-21 | Oct 1964 | British |
| WALTERS, Simon | Director | 2024-02-15 | Sep 1954 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAUNDER, Natalie Una | Secretary | 2016-09-28 | 2016-10-30 |
| ADDISON, Jim | Director | 2018-11-01 | 2020-01-21 |
| BARKER, Helen | Director | 2016-09-23 | 2018-09-23 |
| BARRATT, Rachel Wynne | Director | 2020-09-17 | 2021-03-23 |
| BARRETT, Philippa Dawn | Director | 2016-10-13 | 2018-09-24 |
| BEARDWELL, David | Director | 2021-06-09 | 2021-11-19 |
| BYFORD, Helen | Director | 2016-09-23 | 2018-09-24 |
| CARTER, Sue | Director | 2016-09-23 | 2018-08-31 |
| COLEMAN, Ian David | Director | 2016-09-23 | 2019-12-12 |
| FRANCES, Luke | Director | 2016-09-23 | 2018-09-27 |
| FROST, Susanna Gabriella Laidlaw | Director | 2021-02-02 | 2024-03-04 |
| KINNELL, John | Director | 2020-12-17 | 2023-05-09 |
| LUCKING, Michael John | Director | 2020-11-23 | 2025-03-23 |
| RUSSELL, Robert, Sir | Director | 2016-09-23 | 2018-09-23 |
| SHAW, Brian | Director | 2019-01-31 | 2022-01-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 60 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+61.4%
£15,826,497 £25,543,907
-
Cash
+109%
£3,478,923 £7,269,358
-
Net assets
+93%
£31,293,787 £60,398,725
-
Employees
+8.8%
456 496
-
Wages
+58.4%
£10,189,447 £16,136,538
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