LONDON GRID FOR LEARNING TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-23 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-24.9% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£6M
+119.1% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
43
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £21,408,000 | £22,590,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£999,000 | £3,016,000 | |
| Cash | £7,623,000 | £9,548,000 | £4,648,000 | £3,491,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,830,000 | £7,641,000 | £27,433,000 | £25,923,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,223,000 | £1,869,000 | £2,533,000 | £5,549,000 | |
| Equity | -£5,223,000 | £1,869,000 | £2,533,000 | £5,549,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 43 | 43 | |
| Wages | £2,447,000 | £2,218,000 | £2,739,000 | £2,858,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £8,165 | £9,042 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+5.5%
£21,408,000 £22,590,000
-
Cash
-24.9%
£4,648,000 £3,491,000
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+119.1%
£2,533,000 £5,549,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
0%
43 43
-
Wages
+4.3%
£2,739,000 £2,858,000
highest in 4 filed years
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | — | -4.7% | 13.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.49x | 0.44x |
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
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees deem that LGfL is a Going Concern based on the content on the financial statements. Key financial indicators are positive. Net assets have increased. Profitability has increased. Revenues have risen and operating expenditure has fallen. Whilst there has been a negative movement in Net Current Assets (NCA) this is the result of planned strategic investments and the financial position will improve over the medium term.”
Group structure
- LONDON GRID FOR LEARNING TRUST · parent
- London Grid Limited 1%
- Let's Get Digital Limited 1%
Significant events
- “The worldwide COVID pandemic severely disrupted the global economy. Massive public borrowing and spending continues to negatively impact the economic outlook with underlying inflationary pressures driving up costs for all suppliers. LGfL has taken steps to increase resilience against a future COVID-19 event and related supply dysfunction by diversifying its partners and broadening the range of products available to meet' service needs and adopting a conscious strategic move away from supplier monopolies along with working to ensure greater self-sufficiency in key functions and services.”
- “The continuing uncertainty with respect to the UK's trading arrangements with the rest of the world remains a concern with no obvious resolution in sight.”
- “Market threats: LGfL needs to ensure that it continually innovates its products and services to ensure they remain competitive and offer value for money.”
- “Managing inflationary pressures: Inflation has been volatile and remains high. This has been due to a wide variety of events including higher energy costs, the war in the Ukraine along with US policy shifts.”
- “DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING AND SIMULATION: There is significant and heightened risk of disruption to services caused by a range of underlying challenges including cyberthreats and global economic instability.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JACKSON, John Joseph Arron | Secretary | 2016-03-01 | — | — |
| DELL, Arturo | Director | 2025-09-25 | Jul 1971 | British |
| GREEN, Sean Simon | Director | 2016-07-01 | May 1963 | British |
| HIPPLE, Gary | Director | 2006-07-20 | Nov 1967 | Irish |
| JOHNSON, John Arthur | Director | 2025-09-25 | Dec 1955 | British |
| NEGRO, Fabio | Director | 2023-04-06 | Jul 1980 | British |
| ROBINSON, Paul Anthony | Director | 2001-04-25 | Sep 1953 | British |
| WARNER, Helen | Director | 2011-06-15 | Nov 1954 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DURRANT, Brian | Secretary | 2001-04-25 | 2016-03-01 |
| ALLEN, Allison Mary | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2007-05-23 |
| BIRNBAUM, Ian Brian, Dr | Director | 2001-11-13 | 2004-05-04 |
| BURNETT, Paul Ronald | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2007-09-20 |
| COOPER, Richard Waumsley | Director | 2001-11-13 | 2006-06-30 |
| GRANT, Edwina | Director | 2003-06-20 | 2004-01-27 |
| JACKSON, John Joseph Arron | Director | 2011-06-15 | 2016-01-01 |
| JELKS, Gary | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2017-01-31 |
| LEWIS, Peter | Director | 2006-07-20 | 2008-03-31 |
| LITTLETON, Carmel | Director | 2017-03-30 | 2022-06-13 |
| MCSHERRY, Jane Elizabeth Georgeson, Dr | Director | 2018-03-23 | 2023-07-12 |
| MITCHELL, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2023-04-05 |
| MOORE, Antony John | Director | 2004-03-24 | 2007-09-20 |
| MOSS, Graham Peter | Director | 2003-06-20 | 2005-07-19 |
| O'HEAR, Philip | Director | 2001-11-13 | 2004-01-06 |
| PALMER, Gillian | Director | 2007-07-19 | 2016-02-29 |
| PATTERSON, Penny Anne | Director | 2002-06-20 | 2013-04-01 |
| PENNANT, Stephen Owen Falconer | Director | 2006-09-25 | 2011-06-15 |
| ROBINSON, Mark | Director | 2010-11-23 | 2017-12-21 |
| ROBINSON, Peter | Director | 2001-11-13 | 2005-03-31 |
| SAUNDERS, Kataleen Mary | Director | 2001-11-13 | 2002-06-14 |
| SCHMITZ, John Thomas | Director | 2007-11-22 | 2011-06-15 |
| SMITH, Stewart Leslie | Director | 2001-11-13 | 2011-06-16 |
| STANLEY, Yvette | Director | 2010-09-29 | 2018-02-01 |
| WANOTH, Lidia | Director | 2007-05-24 | 2009-01-28 |
| WHATFORD, Christine | Director | 2001-11-13 | 2002-06-14 |
| WILLIAMS, Sara Miriam | Director | 2018-03-19 | 2022-06-13 |
| WYLIE, Peter Thomas | Director | 2004-03-25 | 2008-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-08-22 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-08-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-08-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.