TOVE LEARNING TRUST
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Cash
£9M
+4% vs 2024
Net assets
£230M
+3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,723
+2.2% highest in 3 filed years
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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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £100,535,130 | £104,877,670 | £110,999,681 | +5.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | £10,937,232 | £7,345,750 | -32.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £15,816,180 | £10,937,232 | £7,345,750 | -32.8% | |
| Cash | £19,739,611 | £8,641,946 | £8,989,008 | +4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £212,526,635 | £222,960,906 | £229,737,778 | +3% | |
| Net assets | £212,011,411 | £222,934,643 | £229,721,393 | +3% | |
| Equity | £212,011,411 | £222,934,643 | £229,721,393 | +3% | |
| Average employees | 1,596 | 1,686 | 1,723 | +2.2% | |
| Wages | £46,160,612 | £51,723,529 | £55,847,900 | +8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,470,278 | £2,545,756 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 10.4% | 6.6% | |
| Net margin | 15.7% | 10.4% | 6.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 4.9% | 3.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 3.8% | 3.0% | |
| Current ratio | 4.51x | 3.29x | 3.55x | |
| Interest cover | — | 50.40x | — |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- TOVE LEARNING TRUST 2016-07-21 → present
- SPONNE SCHOOL 2011-02-10 → 2016-07-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- TOVE LEARNING TRUST · parent
- Tove Trading Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Whitefriars Primary School joined the trust on 1st December 2024.”
- “Two new Trustees were appointed within this accounting period and a new Chair of Trustees joined in September 2025.”
- “Tove Trading Limited (company number 14320989), a wholly owned trading subsidiary, was incorporated in August 2022 and dormant until April 2023.”
- “The trust conducted a TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)) process with Whitefriars Primary School, leading to the formal transfer of staff on 1st December 2024.”
- “Consultation for redundancies took place at Elizabeth Woodville School from May to August 2025, resulting in eight staff members taking voluntary redundancy.”
- “Several schools received Ofsted inspections during the year, with Wootton Primary School judged outstanding in every category in July 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Kathryn | Secretary | 2026-02-10 | — | — |
| BEDWEI, Harold Perry Fifi | Director | 2024-07-15 | Jun 1990 | British |
| BLAKE, Charles James | Director | 2025-04-21 | Aug 1978 | British |
| BROOKS, Linda Rosemary | Director | 2025-07-14 | Dec 1960 | British |
| CHITTY, Joanne | Director | 2011-03-01 | Mar 1969 | British |
| CLARKE, Jamie Richard | Director | 2011-02-10 | Apr 1961 | British |
| JONES, Sarah Ann | Director | 2024-07-15 | Dec 1982 | British |
| LIVINGSTON, Charlotte James, Lady | Director | 2024-07-15 | Dec 1966 | British |
| NICHOLSON, Duncan Stuart | Director | 2019-07-08 | Apr 1967 | British |
| PETTIFOR, Richard James | Director | 2025-04-21 | Mar 1969 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIRD, Coral | Secretary | 2012-01-01 | 2018-02-21 |
| FELL, Katherine Lindsay | Secretary | 2018-02-21 | 2024-03-28 |
| GORE, Sally | Secretary | 2011-02-10 | 2011-12-31 |
| BANNISTER, Tracy | Director | 2021-07-09 | 2022-01-24 |
| BOND, Klaus | Director | 2014-11-24 | 2016-08-31 |
| BREARLEY, Patricia Anne | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| CHALLEN, Paula, Reverand | Director | 2015-10-16 | 2016-08-31 |
| CLUCAS, Ronald | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2016-01-06 |
| CRAVEN, Frances Helen | Director | 2021-12-01 | 2024-11-26 |
| EDMISTON, Robert Norman, Lord | Director | 2019-11-06 | 2024-08-31 |
| EDMISTON, Tracie Jacqueline, Lady | Director | 2019-11-06 | 2024-08-31 |
| FOOTE, Gary | Director | 2022-03-21 | 2026-02-17 |
| FOSTER, Timothy Martin | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2025-06-09 |
| HAY, Emma Elaine | Director | 2015-10-16 | 2016-08-31 |
| HIGGS, Jennette Dorrienne | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2015-01-12 |
| HOLMES, Mark | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| KENT, Christopher | Director | 2014-11-25 | 2016-08-31 |
| LAKHANI, Amit | Director | 2021-09-02 | 2022-09-20 |
| LAWRENCE, Martin | Director | 2011-02-10 | 2015-07-06 |
| LAWRENCE, Martin | Director | 2011-02-10 | 2024-12-31 |
| MARSHALL, Sean Mark | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| MYSTKOWSKI, George Marco | Director | 2025-02-07 | 2026-02-10 |
| MYSTKOWSKI, Giorgio Marco | Director | 2022-01-12 | 2025-02-07 |
| NICHOLS, Peter | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2014-06-01 |
| NOY, Karyn Anne | Director | 2015-10-16 | 2016-08-31 |
| ORRIN, Nicholas Clive | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2015-10-15 |
| PHILLIPS, Richard John | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2014-03-10 |
| RAMSDALE, Joanna Sarah | Director | 2024-11-15 | 2025-07-11 |
| REES, Graham John | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2019-07-08 |
| ROBERTS, Neil | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2018-10-02 |
| SCHILLING, Thomas | Director | 2019-03-29 | 2022-11-07 |
| WAGSTAFF, Susan Margaret | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2019-07-15 |
| WATT, Christopher Lawson | Director | 2011-02-10 | 2026-02-10 |
| WILLIAMS, Peter Stanley | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2016-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baroness Tracie Jacqueline Edmiston | Individual | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2019-11-06 | Ceased 2021-02-22 |
| Lord Robert Norman Edmiston | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2019-11-06 | Ceased 2021-02-22 |
| Mr Christopher Lawson Watt | Individual | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2021-02-22 |
| Mr Martin Lawrence | Individual | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2021-02-22 |
| Mr Edward George Craven | Individual | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2021-01-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 5
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.