THE LINK EDUCATION TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-20 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-32.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£31M
0% vs 2024
Employees
500
+1.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £13,919,000 | £23,520,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | £31,416,000 | £366,000 | |
| Cash | — | £1,951,000 | £1,320,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £30,508,000 | £30,514,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £30,508,000 | £30,514,000 | |
| Equity | — | £30,508,000 | £30,514,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 493 | 500 | |
| Wages | — | £9,026,000 | £14,975,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £80,000 | £140,000 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+69%
£13,919,000 £23,520,000
-
Cash
-32.3%
£1,951,000 £1,320,000
-
Net assets
0%
£30,508,000 £30,514,000
-
Employees
+1.4%
493 500
-
Wages
+65.9%
£9,026,000 £14,975,000
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 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | — | 1.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.02x | 1.73x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
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 academy 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 financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Trust began its improvement journey on the day of conversion - January 1st, 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Jonathan | Director | 2023-07-07 | Aug 1986 | British |
| DALY, Paul | Director | 2023-07-07 | May 1958 | British |
| MARTIN, Joanne | Director | 2023-07-07 | Dec 1976 | British |
| MOODY, Lynne | Director | 2023-07-07 | Oct 1961 | British |
| MOORE, Christopher William | Director | 2023-11-05 | Jun 1968 | British |
| MORRIS, Michelle Sharon | Director | 2023-07-07 | Dec 1959 | British |
| RICHARDSON, Darren | Director | 2023-07-07 | Jun 1972 | British |
| WOODGATE, Susan Grace | Director | 2023-07-07 | Jun 1957 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STARLING, Stephen Paul | Director | 2023-07-07 | 2025-10-07 |
| WILSON, Paul Ronald | Director | 2023-07-07 | 2024-02-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 11 of 11 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2024-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-07-07 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
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.