HEART OF MERCIA
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-10 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
-7.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£75M
+3.6% vs 2024
Employees
898
+3.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HEART OF MERCIA 2019-02-26 → present
- HEREFORD SIXTH FORM COLLEGE 2016-11-28 → 2019-02-26
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 | £53,065,000 | £57,289,000 | |
| Operating profit | £28,111,000 | £3,282,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £28,111,000 | £3,282,000 | |
| Cash | £7,235,000 | £6,706,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £72,252,000 | £74,874,000 | |
| Net assets | £72,252,000 | £74,874,000 | |
| Equity | £72,252,000 | £74,874,000 | |
| Average employees | 869 | 898 | |
| Wages | £29,697,000 | £31,760,000 |
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 | 53.0% | 5.7% | |
| Net margin | 53.0% | 5.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 38.9% | 4.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.8% | 5.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.40x | 2.88x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquires, the Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the 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
- “There are no significant or material events to report after the period end. The MAT is continuing to explore opportunities for expansion.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATKINS, Linda Jane | Secretary | 2023-09-30 | — | — |
| BONIFACE, Sheila | Director | 2019-04-01 | Sep 1962 | British |
| BRITTON, Jane Alison | Director | 2025-01-01 | Dec 1976 | British |
| COOPER, Peter | Director | 2017-09-01 | Jan 1966 | British |
| HAWKINS, Marion Joyce, Dr | Director | 2016-11-28 | Oct 1956 | British |
| HOLDEN, Craig Richard | Director | 2021-06-24 | Jan 1963 | British |
| JACKSON, Katie | Director | 2022-01-11 | Jun 1993 | British |
| JACKSON, Peter | Director | 2023-10-01 | Sep 1959 | British |
| NEWSHOLME, Timothy Mansford | Director | 2025-12-15 | Sep 1950 | British |
| PEARCE-HIGGINS, Daniel John | Director | 2020-06-25 | Dec 1949 | British |
| SALTER, Rachel Marie | Director | 2023-10-01 | Jun 1971 | British |
| TULLY, Shirley Christine | Director | 2016-11-28 | Mar 1951 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLAN, Adrian Giles | Director | 2018-10-11 | 2019-04-01 |
| AMOR, Vernon Patrick | Director | 2016-11-28 | 2019-04-01 |
| BALCOMBE, Michelle | Director | 2016-11-28 | 2019-04-01 |
| CHURCHWARD, Martin John | Director | 2016-11-28 | 2018-06-28 |
| DOUCE, Philip | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2019-12-19 |
| GODFREY, Johnathon Thomas, Dr | Director | 2016-11-28 | 2017-08-31 |
| GODFREY, Jonathan Thomas, Dr | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| HODGEMAN, Clive Geoffrey Pennington | Director | 2016-11-28 | 2017-06-30 |
| HOOPER, Toby Julien Anderson | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2022-06-23 |
| HOPKINS, Kenneth Victor John, Dr | Director | 2016-11-28 | 2025-08-31 |
| KULKARNI, Shubham Gopal | Director | 2016-11-28 | 2017-08-31 |
| MACDOUGALL, Heidi | Director | 2016-11-28 | 2018-06-28 |
| MARSHALL, Andrea | Director | 2016-11-28 | 2019-04-01 |
| MILLER, James Francis Xavier | Director | 2016-11-28 | 2019-04-01 |
| MORGAN, Ceri Melvin | Director | 2025-02-14 | 2026-02-02 |
| PARSONS, Andrew | Director | 2016-11-28 | 2020-06-25 |
| PERRY, Angela Jane | Director | 2021-06-24 | 2022-03-17 |
| SLATER, Gillian Pamela | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| TAHIR, Amber, Dr | Director | 2016-11-28 | 2017-10-12 |
| TELFORD, Emma | Director | 2017-10-12 | 2019-04-01 |
| THOMPSON, Danielle | Director | 2018-10-11 | 2019-04-01 |
| TRANTER, Phillip John | Director | 2016-11-28 | 2019-04-01 |
| UNDERHILL, Helen Clare, Dr | Director | 2016-11-28 | 2017-08-31 |
| WARD, Catriona Phyllis | Director | 2018-10-11 | 2019-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 77 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-05-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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%
£53,065,000 £57,289,000
-
Cash
-7.3%
£7,235,000 £6,706,000
-
Net assets
+3.6%
£72,252,000 £74,874,000
-
Employees
+3.3%
869 898
-
Operating profit
-88.3%
£28,111,000 £3,282,000
-
Wages
+6.9%
£29,697,000 £31,760,000
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