PROSPER LEARNING TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-17
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+33.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£32M
+1.5% vs 2024
Employees
374
-4.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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 | £20,354,804 | £22,457,322 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £12,964,107 | £652,967 | |
| Cash | £4,002,098 | £5,343,914 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,048,579 | £32,523,404 | |
| Net assets | £32,000,245 | £32,485,212 | |
| Equity | £32,000,245 | £32,485,212 | |
| Average employees | 390 | 374 | |
| Wages | £10,804,423 | £11,990,905 |
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 | 63.7% | 2.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.84x | 2.60x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that Prosper Learning Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “Significant decisions taken by the Trust during the year include approval of budgets, forecasts and policies, continuation of the action to mitigate the impact of the cost of living crisis (Nil Charge School Meals) and working towards the opening of the South Tyneside Free School.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, Victoria Louise | Secretary | 2018-10-08 | — | — |
| HEARY, Sara | Director | 2025-09-03 | Oct 1982 | British |
| MAHER, Anthony | Director | 2019-03-05 | Jul 1991 | British |
| MEARNS, James Ian | Director | 2024-08-06 | Apr 1957 | British |
| MORRIS, Jonathan Heywood | Director | 2025-09-03 | Sep 1955 | British |
| MORTON, Victoria Patricia | Director | 2023-10-04 | May 1973 | British |
| TWEEDIE, Ian Alexander | Director | 2024-02-07 | Jun 1987 | British |
| VISRAM, Jemil | Director | 2017-10-18 | Dec 1984 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLIFFORD SWAN, Joanne Mary | Director | 2017-10-18 | 2025-11-25 |
| COGDON, Caroline | Director | 2023-12-18 | 2025-02-28 |
| FOSTER, Andrew William | Director | 2017-10-18 | 2018-07-12 |
| FULTON, Susan | Director | 2019-03-05 | 2022-10-20 |
| JONES, Mark John | Director | 2018-01-26 | 2019-04-04 |
| KING, Lynn | Director | 2023-03-02 | 2023-09-30 |
| LINDLEY, Audrey | Director | 2018-12-13 | 2021-10-14 |
| MALIK, Mohammad Hassnain | Director | 2019-10-04 | 2023-09-30 |
| MCDONALD, Robert Edward | Director | 2017-10-18 | 2025-05-07 |
| MELVIN, Jane Clare | Director | 2017-10-18 | 2025-09-19 |
| MORRISON, Neil | Director | 2023-01-23 | 2023-12-01 |
| ROBSON, Katherine Jane | Director | 2017-10-18 | 2022-10-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Joanne Mary Clifford Swan | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2018-12-13 | Ceased 2019-11-06 |
| Ms Andrea Justine Sterling | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2018-12-13 | Ceased 2019-11-06 |
| Ms Frances Evelyn Lynch | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2018-12-13 | Ceased 2019-11-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 60 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
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Turnover
+10.3%
£20,354,804 £22,457,322
-
Cash
+33.5%
£4,002,098 £5,343,914
-
Net assets
+1.5%
£32,000,245 £32,485,212
-
Employees
-4.1%
390 374
-
Wages
+11%
£10,804,423 £11,990,905
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