STANLEY LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
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Cash
£772K
+11.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£23M
+3.2% vs 2024
Employees
286
-2.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£361K
+70.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £12,366,000 | £13,179,000 | +6.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,170,000 | -£318,000 | +72.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,234,000 | -£361,000 | +70.7% | |
| Net profit | -£1,234,000 | -£361,000 | +70.7% | |
| Cash | £690,000 | £772,000 | +11.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,537,000 | £23,012,000 | -2.2% | |
| Net assets | £22,209,000 | £22,927,000 | +3.2% | |
| Equity | £22,209,000 | £22,927,000 | +3.2% | |
| Average employees | 293 | 286 | -2.4% | |
| Wages | £7,690,000 | £7,912,000 | +2.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,539,000 | £1,519,000 | -1.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -9.5% | -2.4% | |
| Net margin | -10.0% | -2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -5.0% | -1.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.5% | 4.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.65x | 1.86x | |
| Interest cover | -18.28x | -7.40x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Clive Owen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the academy trust has adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Additional events have been added to the calendar this year and include a whole trust residential visit to Chamonix in France available to year 6 pupils. 7 schools took part- 5 for the first time. The Sports provision has increased the number of events to 42 across the year with extra provision for KS1 events and participation for trust school was 30% higher.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADDISON, Caroline Sara | Director | 2024-12-10 | Jul 1972 | British |
| ATKINSON, Vicky | Director | 2024-04-30 | Jul 1980 | British |
| DODD, Eric | Director | 2018-05-03 | Mar 1957 | British |
| GIBSON, Alan | Director | 2023-03-13 | Nov 1959 | British |
| HARPE, Thomas | Director | 2024-12-10 | Nov 1946 | British |
| MARSHALL, Janine | Director | 2024-04-30 | Jun 1970 | British |
| METCALFE, Katherine Elizabeth | Director | 2025-02-13 | Aug 1982 | British |
| OLIVER, Douglas Henry | Director | 2025-12-24 | Nov 1985 | British |
| PARNELL, Richard | Director | 2024-04-30 | Jan 1959 | British |
| STEWART, Mark Robert | Director | 2019-07-14 | May 1974 | British |
| TULLOCK, Laura | Director | 2024-04-30 | Sep 1980 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOME, Henry Peter | Director | 2018-05-03 | 2023-06-15 |
| CROOKES, Jean | Director | 2023-03-13 | 2024-04-15 |
| DAVINSON, Tracy | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2023-03-07 |
| DOWN, Stephen | Director | 2016-09-16 | 2024-04-15 |
| HARPE, Thomas | Director | 2016-09-16 | 2024-09-23 |
| KEMP, Heather | Director | 2016-09-16 | 2024-04-15 |
| LISTER, Claire | Director | 2017-02-06 | 2018-05-01 |
| MCMAHON, Liam Kenneth | Director | 2018-05-03 | 2019-06-10 |
| O'KEEFFE, Clare | Director | 2024-04-30 | 2025-02-13 |
| RYLANCE, Dave | Director | 2024-04-30 | 2024-07-24 |
| STEWART, Mark Robert | Director | 2016-09-16 | 2018-05-02 |
| WEBB, Malcolm | Director | 2018-05-02 | 2023-09-18 |
| WEIGHTMAN, Christine | Director | 2016-09-16 | 2021-04-12 |
| WHITE, Emily Hannah | Director | 2016-09-16 | 2020-03-14 |
| WILLIS, Janet | Director | 2016-09-16 | 2017-09-07 |
| WOOFF, David Ainsley | Director | 2018-05-03 | 2024-10-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Thomas Harpe | Individual | Appoints directors | 2024-09-23 | Active |
| Mr Stephen Down | Individual | Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as trust), Appoints directors (as firm) | 2024-04-15 | Active |
| Mr Henry Peter Broome | Individual | Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as trust), Appoints directors (as firm) | 2023-06-21 | Ceased 2026-02-02 |
| Mr Stephen Gibson | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-09-16 | Ceased 2024-04-25 |
| Mr Peter Joseph Tallentire | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-09-16 | Ceased 2024-04-15 |
| Mr Tom Harpe | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-09-16 | Ceased 2022-04-01 |
| Mr Tony Kemp | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-09-16 | Ceased 2021-04-15 |
| Mrs Rose Bainbridge | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-09-16 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 74 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-24 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.