MANTRA LEARNING LIMITED
Company number 02743170 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Mantra Learning has transformed from a near-insolvent business in 2016 to one of the more financially robust independent training providers in the UK FE sector, with net assets of £5.70M and cash reserves of £2.74M providing exceptional balance sheet strength for a sector where thin capitalisation is the norm. The 2025 financial year saw meaningful contraction — revenue fell 12% and EBITDA declined 57% — driven primarily by the government's abrupt closure of the National Skills Bootcamp programme, which had been a significant and high-margin revenue stream. While the business's multi-brand structure, national logistics infrastructure, and Ofsted "Good" ratings provide genuine competitive advantages, its fundamental dependency on government funding decisions remains an existential vulnerability that no amount of operational excellence can fully mitigate. The board's strategy to backfill lost Bootcamp volume with apprenticeship growth to 400+ learners is sound in principle, but the margin and cash conversion characteristics of apprenticeships differ materially, meaning the path to restored profitability will require careful execution.
Shareholders' funds
£5,699,105
Balance sheet as at 2025-09-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company and group continued to be that of a logistics learning and development organisation.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1992-08-27
- Employees
- 137 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- Greengate, Middleton, Manchester, M24 1RU
- Postcode
- M24 1RU
- Capital
- 25 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-27
- Next due by
- 2027-09-10
Nature of business (SIC)
- 85320 Technical and vocational secondary education
- 85410 Post-secondary non-tertiary education
- 85530 Driving school activities
- 85600 Educational support services
Officers 2 current · 10 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 6
£6,044,694 total awarded value where published.
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Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z8803901 (Tier 1), registered since 2004.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- mantralearning.co.uk
- Phone
- 03332206645, 03332206646
Mantra Learning is a leading training provider to the Logistics and Automotive sectors offering Apprenticeships and Short Courses.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| MANCHESTER TRAINING LIMITED | 2009-03-10 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| THE BRITANNIA SUITE, INTERNATIONAL HOUSE, 82-86 DEANSGATE, MANCHESTER M3 2ER | 1992-09-17 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 55 similar companies in M
The largest employer among its local peers (137 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1992.
No.1 of the largest technical and vocational secondary education companies in Manchester →
Competitors Manchester
This company ranks 1 among technical and vocational secondary education in Manchester.
The class of 1992
49%
of the 21,839 companies incorporated in 1992 are still active today; 46% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Leasehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2010-04-21
- Where
- Greater Manchester (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAN159009 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2010-04-21 | — |
| MAN158906 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2010-04-20 | — |
| MAN158834 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2010-04-19 | — |
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