ASPIRE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
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Cash
£18M
+33.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£24M
+26.9% vs 2024
Employees
359
-0.8% 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 | £26,954,807 | £28,505,760 | +5.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £2,539,071 | £3,189,774 | +25.6% | |
| Cash | £13,516,389 | £18,088,696 | +33.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,394,212 | £23,742,986 | +16.4% | |
| Net assets | £18,705,212 | £23,742,986 | +26.9% | |
| Equity | £18,705,212 | £23,742,986 | +26.9% | |
| Average employees | 362 | 359 | -0.8% | |
| Wages | £13,168,132 | £13,829,998 | +5% | |
| 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 | 9.4% | 11.2% | |
| Current ratio | 9.67x | 6.81x |
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
- Burrows Scarborough Chartered Accountants
- 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 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
- ASPIRE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP · parent
- Soar Valley College
- The City of Leicester College
Significant events
- “During the academic year 2024/2025, we appointed sustainability leads to implement our Climate Action Plan - joining up site and curriculum actions and engaging students as part of an Eco group. In addition, every month energy use, waste, recycling and food waste is discussed in depth with the facilities management company to assess against targets and Initiatives are discussed to made reductions. Furthermore, as part of our eco credentials, students have grown various fruits and vegetables in our onsite allotments.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEWSOME, Denise Jeanne | Director | 2023-06-01 | Feb 1959 | British |
| POINTON, Julia Carol, Dr | Director | 2018-06-22 | Jun 1962 | English |
| ROBINSON, Julie Margaret | Director | 2018-06-22 | Jul 1962 | British |
| SHARPE, Colin Geoffrey | Director | 2025-03-01 | Feb 1966 | British |
| THOMPSON, Edward Alan James, Dr | Director | 2018-06-22 | Aug 1986 | British |
| TRIPNEY, Allison Claire | Director | 2018-06-22 | Jun 1973 | British |
| WAGHELA, Narendrakumar Lalji Bhagwanji | Director | 2018-06-22 | Apr 1946 | British |
| WELFORD, Susan Mary | Director | 2023-06-01 | Jan 1960 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATCHPOLE, Simon Richard William | Director | 2018-06-22 | 2022-01-26 |
| JOHNSON, Ian Edward | Director | 2018-06-22 | 2024-02-14 |
| LILLEY, Michael Francis | Director | 2024-05-08 | 2025-05-31 |
| TARAH, Abdishakur | Director | 2018-06-22 | 2019-07-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 25 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2022-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2022-01-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2020-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.