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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-03-21
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£611K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£13M
Equity attributable
Employees
100
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£21K
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-03-21.
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The trustees have prepared the financial statements on a basis other than going concern. The academy will cease operating on 31 August 2025 and all assets, liabilities and operations will be transferred to Connect Alliance Trust (company number: 08698831) for £nil consideration. Following the transfer, it is the intention of the trustees to dissolve the charitable company.
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 | £5,612,000 | £5,250,000 | |
| Operating profit | £504,000 | -£79,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £550,000 | -£21,000 | |
| Net profit | £550,000 | -£21,000 | |
| Cash | £721,000 | £611,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,310,000 | £13,185,000 | |
| Net assets | £13,305,000 | £13,181,000 | |
| Equity | £13,305,000 | £13,181,000 | |
| Average employees | 94 | 100 | |
| Wages | £2,842,000 | £2,923,000 |
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 | 9.0% | -1.5% | |
| Net margin | 9.8% | -0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.8% | -0.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.96x | 2.43x |
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
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The trustees have prepared the financial statements on a basis other than going concern. The academy will cease operating on 31 August 2025 and all assets, liabilities and operations will be transferred to Connect Alliance Trust (company number: 08698831) for £nil consideration. Following the transfer, it is the intention of the trustees to dissolve the charitable company.”
Significant events
- “From September 2025 LINK Learning Trust will amalgamate with M20 Learning Trust. Barlow Hall Primary, Beaver Road Primary, Brookburn Primary, Cavendish Primary and Northenden Primary Schools will join to form Connect Alliance Trust.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILTON, Timothy Colin Naor | Director | 2017-03-08 | Jan 1973 | British |
| HUGHES, Darren | Director | 2020-07-16 | Jun 1972 | British |
| INGHAM, Suzanna Jane | Director | 2020-07-16 | Jun 1980 | British |
| REGAN, Teresa Bernadette | Director | 2020-08-12 | Nov 1962 | British |
| SHUTTLEWORTH, James Matthew Edward | Director | 2017-03-08 | Dec 1976 | British |
| YOUNG, Adrian Rhys, Dr | Director | 2017-03-08 | Nov 1971 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADLEY, Keith, Lord | Director | 2017-03-08 | 2019-09-12 |
| DEAN, Joan Marie | Director | 2017-03-08 | 2020-07-14 |
| FERRIS, Lisa Schelene | Director | 2017-03-08 | 2021-06-30 |
| JOHNSON, Sonia | Director | 2017-03-08 | 2020-10-31 |
| KENNEDY, Jayne | Director | 2017-03-08 | 2021-06-30 |
| MATTHEWS, Trevor William | Director | 2017-03-08 | 2022-12-09 |
| STARBUCK, Catherine Ann | Director | 2017-03-08 | 2019-09-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andrew Park | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2020-06-14 | Ceased 2020-06-14 |
| Mr Nicholas John Horne | Individual | Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2020-06-14 | Ceased 2020-06-14 |
| Ian Thomas Williamson | Individual | Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2017-03-08 | Ceased 2020-06-14 |
| Kim Jane Doyle | Individual | Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2017-03-08 | Ceased 2020-06-14 |
| Lord Keith Bradley | Individual | Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2017-03-08 | Ceased 2019-09-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 42 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-03-10 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-01-27 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2022-01-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-01 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-04-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-01-27 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2022-01-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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