BOLTON COLLEGE
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-22 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-08
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+80.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£24M
+11.7% vs 2024
Employees
559
+0.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+665.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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8 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 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £31,659,000 | £34,695,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£615,000 | £3,498,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£619,000 | £3,498,000 | |
| Net profit | -£619,000 | £3,498,000 | |
| Cash | £2,367,000 | £4,267,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £63,469,000 | £67,457,000 | |
| Net assets | £21,774,000 | £24,325,000 | |
| Equity | £21,774,000 | £24,325,000 | |
| Average employees | 556 | 559 | |
| Wages | £14,104,000 | £14,847,000 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.9% | 10.1% | |
| Net margin | -2.0% | 10.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.0% | 5.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 69.6% | 67.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.56x | 0.90x | |
| Interest cover | -1.22x | 7.40x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board considers that the College has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The college shows a small net current liabilities position in the Combined Financial Forecast Return at July 2025; plans to reduce costs have been actioned, and cash flow forecasts show a strengthening position to ensure future bank covenant compliance.”
Group structure
- BOLTON COLLEGE · parent
- Bolton Learner Support Talent Solutions Limited
- Bolton Talent Solutions Limited
Significant events
- “On 31 December 2024, Bill Webster retired from post and his successor, Liam Sloan, commenced tenure on 1 January 2025. On 21 February 2025, Garry Westwater resigned from his post and Gavin Teasdale commenced in an interim capacity on 24th February 2025. Jane Marsh resigned from post 31 December 2024.”
- “The recent launch of the Engineering & Computing extension, a carbon-neutral £5 million facility opening in January 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
16 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRADBURN, Deborah | Secretary | 2020-03-31 | — | — |
| CHILTON, Andrea Clare | Director | 2026-03-06 | Oct 1968 | British |
| COLEMAN, Julian Laurence, Dr | Director | 2023-07-04 | Jun 1964 | British |
| FAWCETT, Andrew Duncan | Director | 2018-08-01 | Oct 1955 | British |
| FLOOD, Catherine | Director | 2018-08-01 | Apr 1967 | British |
| LOMAX, Susan Nora | Director | 2018-08-01 | Jan 1947 | British |
| MARTIN, Thomas Alexander | Director | 2025-10-15 | Jul 1987 | British |
| PILKINGTON, Beverley Ann | Director | 2026-03-06 | Jul 1966 | British |
| RAMMOND, Steven Martin | Director | 2025-09-23 | Sep 1977 | British |
| ROBERTS, Andrew John | Director | 2018-02-09 | Jul 1960 | British |
| SHER, Muhammad Dilawar | Director | 2025-12-02 | Apr 2008 | Pakistani |
| SLOAN, Liam | Director | 2025-01-01 | May 1972 | British |
| SMALLWOOD, Gill | Director | 2023-02-14 | Jul 1960 | British |
| UNSWORTH, Anthony Richard | Director | 2018-07-11 | Jul 1949 | British |
| WALKER, Gregory Huw, Dr | Director | 2025-05-10 | Aug 1976 | British |
| WOODRUFF, Debra Lynne | Director | 2024-11-19 | Mar 1962 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAGSHAW, Maxine | Secretary | 2018-08-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| DAWSON, William | Secretary | 2018-07-11 | 2018-08-01 |
| HUSSEIN, Fatema | Secretary | 2019-01-14 | 2020-03-31 |
| AMBAR, Rameen | Director | 2021-11-09 | 2022-06-30 |
| BALL, Christopher Melvyn | Director | 2019-04-03 | 2025-03-18 |
| BRENNAN, Gulnaz | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2025-11-03 |
| BROOKS, Adrian, Dr | Director | 2020-11-17 | 2024-11-16 |
| DAVISON, Rebecca | Director | 2020-02-11 | 2023-02-01 |
| EDWARDS, Maresa | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2019-07-02 |
| FAROOQ, Fardean Shaan | Director | 2021-04-20 | 2023-04-19 |
| FONG, Ming | Director | 2023-10-13 | 2025-10-12 |
| GARTH, Claire Frances | Director | 2023-04-27 | 2025-07-31 |
| GULZAR, Adeeba | Director | 2023-10-13 | 2025-10-12 |
| HASLAM, David | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2021-09-06 |
| HOLMES, George Edward Thomas, Professor | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2025-05-10 |
| JONES, Luke | Director | 2019-04-03 | 2021-04-02 |
| KANDADI, Kondal Reddy, Dr | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2021-02-09 |
| LEEMING, Jennifer | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2019-01-03 |
| LOSASA, Josue | Director | 2020-01-11 | 2021-06-29 |
| MARTIN, Thomas Alexander | Director | 2021-09-22 | 2025-09-21 |
| MORRIS, William Patrick, Professor His Honour | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2020-03-24 |
| NIXON, Stephanie Grace | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2022-09-21 |
| PEET, Roger Eric | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2021-06-29 |
| RAMMOND, Stevent Martin | Director | 2025-09-23 | 2025-09-23 |
| SCARLE, Willow Anne | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2019-07-05 |
| WALKER, Michael James | Director | 2022-12-20 | 2023-06-30 |
| WARSI, Sayeeda Hussain | Director | 2021-04-20 | 2023-04-05 |
| WAUGH, Gillian, Dr | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| WEBSTER, William Henry Charles | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| WHITE, Sharon | Director | 2022-02-08 | 2025-07-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Of Greater Manchester | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2018-09-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-02 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-20 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-20 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-20 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 6
- Officers resigned
- 8
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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
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Turnover
+9.6%
£31,659,000 £34,695,000
-
Cash
+80.3%
£2,367,000 £4,267,000
-
Net assets
+11.7%
£21,774,000 £24,325,000
-
Employees
+0.5%
556 559
-
Operating profit
+668.8%
-£615,000 £3,498,000
-
Profit before tax
+665.1%
-£619,000 £3,498,000
-
Wages
+5.3%
£14,104,000 £14,847,000
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