LITTLE WAY CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-18 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£983K
Equity attributable
Employees
249
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£349K
Period ending 2025-08-31
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 | £6,685,189 | £9,861,737 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £336,627 | -£349,414 | |
| Net profit | £336,627 | -£349,414 | |
| Cash | £1,123,875 | £1,330,396 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,289,627 | £983,213 | |
| Net assets | £872,627 | £983,213 | |
| Equity | £872,627 | £983,213 | |
| Average employees | 231 | 249 | |
| Wages | £3,870,056 | £5,974,776 |
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 | 5.0% | -3.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 46.7% | 42.3% | |
| Current ratio | 4.67x | 2.31x |
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
- Albert Goodman LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Trust has adequate resources to continue to operational existence for the foreseeable future. Consequently, the Trustees have adopted the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The 24/25 academic year has been marked by laying the foundations for strong growth for the next few years. Despite being a young Trust, we are already beginning to demonstrate a significant impact on the schools we service.”
- “Attendance across the Trust has risen from 94.5% (2023-24) to 94.8% (2024-2025). An analysis of different 'groups' of pupils, showed that every vulnerable group has improved their attendance figures from last year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOWLES, Breda Rose | Director | 2023-10-05 | Oct 1964 | British |
| BRITTO, Ignatius Francis | Director | 2025-07-31 | Oct 1974 | British |
| CLUCAS, Helen Flora, Cllr | Director | 2023-10-05 | May 1947 | British |
| DAVIS, Adrian Charles, Prof | Director | 2023-10-05 | Mar 1950 | British |
| FITZSIMONS, Patrick Anthony | Director | 2025-08-26 | Mar 1946 | British |
| KEHOE, John Paul | Director | 2023-10-05 | Jul 1959 | British |
| KING, Philip Edward | Director | 2023-10-05 | May 1943 | British |
| MCPARLAND, John Anthony | Director | 2025-07-31 | Sep 1953 | Irish |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PYNE, Andrew James | Director | 2023-10-05 | 2025-08-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Right Reverend John Bosco Macdonald | Individual | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2024-05-08 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 15 of 15 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-04 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-13 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-12 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-04-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-05 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 1
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