THE BAY LEARNING TRUST
Get an alert when THE BAY LEARNING TRUST files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-15 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-9.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£89M
+12.5% vs 2023
Employees
713
+42% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£14M
+525.1% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,845,000 | £36,704,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £2,309,000 | £14,433,000 | |
| Net profit | — | — | |
| Cash | £4,546,000 | £4,103,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £76,573,000 | £89,820,000 | |
| Net assets | £79,089,000 | £88,954,000 | |
| Equity | £79,089,000 | £88,954,000 | |
| Average employees | 502 | 713 | |
| Wages | £16,642,000 | £21,615,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,145,990 | £1,317,847 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+31.8%
£27,845,000 £36,704,000
-
Cash
-9.7%
£4,546,000 £4,103,000
-
Net assets
+12.5%
£79,089,000 £88,954,000
-
Employees
+42%
502 713
-
Profit before tax
+525.1%
£2,309,000 £14,433,000
-
Wages
+29.9%
£16,642,000 £21,615,000
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.9% | 4.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.20x | 2.97x |
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
- THE BAY LEARNING TRUST 2017-03-07 → present
- RIPLEY ST THOMAS CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY 2011-04-01 → 2017-03-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited
- 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, the board of trustees continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the accounts. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the statement of accounting policies.”
Significant events
- “Morecambe Bay Academy was inspected in September 2023 and judged to be good on every aspect.”
- “Central Lancaster High School was also inspected in September 2023 and was judged to be good on every aspect.”
- “Longridge High School and Barnacre Road Primary School joined the trust on 1 October 2023 and 1 February 2024 respectively.”
- “Ripley ITT has sustained its growth against a nationally declining picture of teacher recruitment.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCKINNELL, Andrew | Secretary | 2017-03-28 | — | — |
| ARDERN, Ben | Director | 2018-12-13 | Apr 1978 | British |
| BALLARD, Peter James, Revd Canon | Director | 2017-03-21 | Mar 1955 | British |
| BELL, Philip Jonathan | Director | 2023-03-28 | May 1978 | British |
| CHEETHAM, Dawn Elizabeth | Director | 2015-03-05 | Dec 1963 | British |
| CREWDSON, John David, Professor | Director | 2011-04-01 | Apr 1942 | British |
| DUDFIELD, Michael Henry | Director | 2018-03-27 | Jun 1947 | British |
| GOMERSALL, Nicola | Director | 2017-03-21 | Aug 1971 | British |
| KENYON, Sally Anne | Director | 2020-09-01 | Mar 1976 | British |
| WATSON, Jane Margaret | Director | 2022-12-06 | Dec 1963 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPLEYARD, Lynne | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2015-08-31 |
| BATEMAN, David George | Director | 2011-05-01 | 2017-03-21 |
| BOUSTEAD, Paul Thomas | Director | 2023-03-28 | 2025-01-06 |
| BOUSTEAD, Paul Thomas | Director | 2020-05-26 | 2022-03-23 |
| BUCKLAND, Rosalind Margaret | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2017-03-21 |
| CARMAN, Keith Derrick | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2015-01-31 |
| CHAMBERLAIN, Karen Lee | Director | 2014-07-21 | 2015-11-24 |
| COATES, Simon Mark | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2014-05-01 |
| DENWOOD, Sheila Elizabeth | Director | 2011-05-01 | 2014-07-02 |
| EXTON, Susan | Director | 2015-10-05 | 2017-03-21 |
| GAGER, Philip Charles, Dr | Director | 2011-05-01 | 2017-03-21 |
| GARNETT, Jacqueline Gloria | Director | 2017-03-21 | 2019-07-01 |
| GARNETT, Jacqueline Gloria | Director | 2013-06-01 | 2017-03-21 |
| GISBOURNE, Michael Andrew, Rev | Director | 2011-05-01 | 2018-07-19 |
| HOPKINSON, Christopher John | Director | 2020-05-26 | 2025-07-17 |
| HUMPHREYS, Margot Hilary | Director | 2014-03-18 | 2017-03-21 |
| IRVINE, Suzanne | Director | 2011-05-01 | 2011-08-31 |
| KERSHAW, Frederick | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2013-05-31 |
| KINDER, Alison Mary | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2017-03-21 |
| LANE-DIXON, Sandra | Director | 2011-05-01 | 2017-03-21 |
| LOCK, Paul, The Reverend | Director | 2013-06-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| LOUDEN, Lois Mary Robertson, Dr | Director | 2011-05-01 | 2015-04-07 |
| MARSHALL, Paul David | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2017-03-21 |
| NEWLANDS, Christopher William, The Revd | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2017-03-21 |
| NICHOLLS, Elizabeth Olive | Director | 2011-05-01 | 2020-08-31 |
| PARTINGTON, Russell Lyndon | Director | 2016-02-02 | 2017-03-21 |
| SCAMMAN, Jonathan Leitch, Reverend | Director | 2011-05-01 | 2017-03-21 |
| SIM, Malcolm | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2017-03-21 |
| WATSON, Jane Margaret | Director | 2017-03-28 | 2022-07-14 |
| WEBB, Robert Mitchel | Director | 2017-03-21 | 2021-09-17 |
| WHITESIDE, Colin | Director | 2011-05-01 | 2017-03-21 |
| WILSON, Valerie Margaret | Director | 2011-05-01 | 2022-07-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 114 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-14 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.