ST GILES SCHOOLS OF LANGUAGES LIMITED
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Cash
£1.7m
+22.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£6.8m
-0.2% vs 2024
Employees
214
-7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£143k
-82.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,064,863 | £17,516,864 | £14,605,752 | -16.6% | |
| Operating profit | £1,340,541 | £791,383 | £200,046 | -74.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,252,981 | £800,638 | £143,278 | -82.1% | |
| Net profit | £1,011,373 | £559,922 | £35,397 | -93.7% | |
| Cash | £2,272,391 | £1,358,962 | £1,662,703 | +22.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,782,418 | £7,504,877 | £7,464,639 | -0.5% | |
| Net assets | £6,692,464 | £6,765,786 | £6,751,183 | -0.2% | |
| Equity | £6,692,464 | £6,765,786 | £6,751,183 | -0.2% | |
| Average employees | 232 | 230 | 214 | -7% | |
| Wages | £5,238,907 | £5,412,019 | £4,758,438 | -12.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £468,896 | £308,989 | £302,344 | -2.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £5,710 | £4,481 | £10,708 | +139% | |
| Highest paid director | £324,720 | £200,066 | £159,826 | -20.1% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.9% | 4.5% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 3.2% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.2% | 10.5% | 2.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 44.6% | 38.0% | 33.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.82x | 0.79x | 0.88x | |
| Interest cover | 11.74x | 8.72x | 3.07x |
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
- ST GILES SCHOOLS OF LANGUAGES LIMITED 1979-12-31 → present
- ST. GILES. SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES LIMITED 1958-01-07 → 1979-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ST GILES SCHOOLS OF LANGUAGES LIMITED · parent
- St Giles Inc USA 100%
- The New School of English Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “After 25 years of service, the CEO has stepped down and moved into a part-time role as Chair of the Board. He has been succeeded by his daughter, Hannah Lindsay-Cornish.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINDSAY, Mark Alexander | Secretary | 2008-06-02 | — | British |
| LINDSAY, Mark Alexander | Director | — | Nov 1958 | British |
| LINDSAY-CORNISH, Hannah Maiko Takahashi | Director | 2017-09-08 | Jun 1989 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINDSAY, Diana Anne | Secretary | — | 2008-06-02 |
| GRAVER, Brian Derek | Director | — | 1998-05-06 |
| LINDSAY, Diana Anne | Director | — | 2020-09-22 |
| LINDSAY, Paul Cyril | Director | — | 2019-12-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Cyril Lindsay | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-10-12 |
| Mr Mark Alexander Lindsay | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.