MERSEY VIEW LEARNING TRUST
Mersey View Learning Trust is an academy trust that operates Chesterfield High School, a secondary education provider based in Liverpool.
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Cash
£4.5M
+1,051% vs 2024
Net assets
£42M
+108.7% vs 2024
Employees
566
+295.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,977,000 | £31,305,000 | +185.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£1,198,000 | £21,771,000 | +1,917.3% | |
| Cash | £388,000 | £4,466,000 | +1,051% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,286,000 | £41,732,000 | +105.7% | |
| Net assets | £19,999,000 | £41,732,000 | +108.7% | |
| Equity | £19,999,000 | £41,732,000 | +108.7% | |
| Average employees | 143 | 566 | +295.8% | |
| Wages | £6,494,000 | £16,653,000 | +156.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -10.9% | 69.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.3% | 8.8% | |
| Current ratio | 5.33x | 1.93x |
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
- MERSEY VIEW LEARNING TRUST 2024-05-03 → present
- CHESTERFIELD HIGH SCHOOL 2011-09-05 → 2024-05-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Gardiner Russell Accounting 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.”
Significant events
- “The Trust has now completed its first year of operation as a Multi Academy Trust and an onboarded 5 schools on 1st September 2024.”
- “A decision was made to utilise reserves to facilitate the transition process from single academy trust to multiple academy trust and to deliver improvements to school facilities with fire compliance works phase 2 and ceiling works.”
- “The Trust's governance framework was refreshed upon conversation from a single to a multi academy trust in September 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRIGHT, Mel | Secretary | 2025-06-23 | — | — |
| COWPERTHWAITE, Stephen Peter | Director | 2016-05-07 | Jan 1967 | British |
| DALE, Mark | Director | 2024-08-28 | Aug 1970 | British |
| GOODWIN, Rachel | Director | 2025-09-25 | Feb 1977 | British |
| GREGORY, Emma | Director | 2025-09-11 | Jan 1982 | British |
| HIRD, David | Director | 2016-11-28 | May 1974 | British |
| HORWOOD, Paul | Director | 2012-05-08 | Aug 1968 | British |
| MELIA, James Martin | Director | 2025-11-03 | Dec 1986 | British |
| PATTERSON, Jacqui | Director | 2025-05-20 | Jan 1964 | British |
| STANLEY, Rosanna | Director | 2025-08-06 | Oct 1971 | British |
| VICARY, Janet Elizabeth | Director | 2014-12-01 | Nov 1963 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAVANAGH, Jane | Secretary | 2024-08-28 | 2025-06-23 |
| CRAMPTON, Jacqueline | Secretary | 2018-02-26 | 2019-11-26 |
| DALTON, Linda Caroline | Secretary | 2011-09-05 | 2015-09-10 |
| FOWLER, Julie Ellen | Secretary | 2015-09-10 | 2018-02-26 |
| SMITH, Sally-Ann | Secretary | 2019-11-26 | 2025-06-23 |
| BALDWIN, Ruth | Director | 2023-03-16 | 2024-08-28 |
| BATTERSBY, Thomas Aquinas John | Director | 2011-09-05 | 2018-07-20 |
| BEE, Jeffrey William | Director | 2017-06-26 | 2019-06-10 |
| BEIRNE, Kerrie Elizabeth | Director | 2019-11-26 | 2025-05-20 |
| BOWERS, Charlotte | Director | 2015-01-30 | 2019-01-29 |
| CALVELEY, Matthew | Director | 2019-05-17 | 2022-03-07 |
| CAVANAGH, Jane | Director | 2023-05-25 | 2024-08-28 |
| DAVIES, Gary John | Director | 2011-09-05 | 2016-03-21 |
| DE GIORGI, Lisa Jane | Director | 2012-05-24 | 2016-05-23 |
| ELLIS- JONES, Victoria | Director | 2021-06-22 | 2022-06-06 |
| FISHER, Catherine Jane | Director | 2018-10-02 | 2019-09-24 |
| GRIFFITHS, Collette Marie | Director | 2014-05-07 | 2016-06-27 |
| GROVES, Andrew Stuart | Director | 2013-09-16 | 2017-09-15 |
| HUGHES, David Michael | Director | 2024-08-28 | 2024-10-12 |
| LEACH, Stephanie | Director | 2021-06-22 | 2024-08-28 |
| LOFTUS, Moira | Director | 2024-08-28 | 2025-04-02 |
| MCCANN, Diane Elizabeth | Director | 2018-05-03 | 2022-05-02 |
| MCDONOUGH, Claire Rebecca | Director | 2017-10-13 | 2018-01-31 |
| MCGUINESS, Belinda Louise | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2017-11-16 |
| MCLOUGHLIN, Derek Raymond | Director | 2011-09-05 | 2019-12-31 |
| METCALFE, Craig | Director | 2021-06-22 | 2024-08-28 |
| MORRIS, Patricia Anne | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2018-02-26 |
| MOSS, Maria | Director | 2024-08-28 | 2024-08-28 |
| NELSON, Joanne | Director | 2013-09-16 | 2017-06-05 |
| PARKER, Amanda Margaret | Director | 2022-06-28 | 2024-08-28 |
| PENNEY, Simon Neil | Director | 2011-09-05 | 2019-01-31 |
| QUINN, Gemma Louise | Director | 2019-05-10 | 2023-05-10 |
| SANDLAND, Alan | Director | 2012-05-08 | 2016-11-07 |
| SEXTON, Kevin Michael | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| WAFER, Thomas Michael | Director | 2023-05-25 | 2024-08-28 |
| WILLIAMS, Leonie Therese | Director | 2013-10-15 | 2022-02-24 |
| WILLIAMS, Thomas David | Director | 2019-05-10 | 2023-05-10 |
| WINCKLES, Graham Alan | Director | 2011-09-05 | 2016-06-27 |
| WRIGHT, David | Director | 2023-01-05 | 2024-08-28 |
| YOUNG, Gary Michael | Director | 2019-11-26 | 2024-08-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Chloe Parker | Individual | Appoints directors (as trust) | 2025-02-10 | Active |
| Mrs Rebecca Mccullough | Individual | Appoints directors (as trust) | 2024-08-30 | Active |
| Mr Mark Bell | Individual | Appoints directors (as trust) | 2024-08-30 | Active |
| Mr Kevin Michael Sexton | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2020-01-01 | Ceased 2020-01-01 |
| Mr Paul Horwood | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2018-11-27 | Ceased 2020-01-01 |
| Mrs Janet Elizabeth Vicary | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-11-16 | Ceased 2020-01-01 |
| Mrs Leonie Therese Williams | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-11-16 | Ceased 2020-01-01 |
| Mr Simon Neil Penney | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-11-16 | Ceased 2019-12-31 |
| Mr Simon Neil Penney | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-11-07 |
| Mrs Belinda Louise Mcguiness | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-11-07 |
| Mrs Janet Elizabeth Vicary | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-11-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-17 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-17 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-17 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-17 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-09-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 18
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- 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.