QS QUACQUARELLI SYMONDS LIMITED
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Cash
£23m
+18% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£33m
+15.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
717
+2.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£8.4m
+7.1% vs 2024
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 | £50,493,506 | £55,534,184 | £62,109,261 | +11.8% | |
| Operating profit | £8,192,842 | £7,378,461 | £7,873,665 | +6.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £8,521,745 | £7,882,603 | £8,445,487 | +7.1% | |
| Net profit | £6,264,300 | £5,447,979 | £5,908,032 | +8.4% | |
| Cash | £21,157,115 | £19,629,254 | £23,162,467 | +18% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,841,849 | £34,952,981 | £36,974,839 | +5.8% | |
| Net assets | £25,659,611 | £28,340,365 | £32,792,477 | +15.7% | |
| Equity | £25,659,611 | £28,340,365 | £32,792,477 | +15.7% | |
| Average employees | 677 | 701 | 717 | +2.3% | |
| Wages | £21,460,952 | £23,784,633 | £26,344,649 | +10.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £893,935 | £944,186 | £1,007,090 | +6.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £20,706 | £20,884 | £38,078 | +82.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £432,003 | £498,840 | £414,106 | -17% |
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 | 16.2% | 13.3% | 12.7% | |
| Net margin | 12.4% | 9.8% | 9.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 31.7% | 21.1% | 21.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 53.0% | 60.7% | 58.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.61x | 1.31x | 1.32x | |
| Interest cover | — | 66.82x | — |
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 4 times since incorporation
- QS QUACQUARELLI SYMONDS LIMITED 2022-10-04 → present
- QS QUACQUARELLISYMONDS LIMITED 2004-04-23 → 2022-10-04
- TOPCAREERS.NET LIMITED 2001-12-31 → 2004-04-23
- QUACQUARELLI U.K. LIMITED 1993-07-02 → 2001-12-31
- PRINTSALE LIMITED 1990-11-30 → 1993-07-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Kreston Reeves Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Management have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in its operational exercises for the foreseeable future and has adopted the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statetments.”
Group structure
- QS QUACQUARELLI SYMONDS LIMITED · parent
- QS UNISOLUTION LTD 100%
- QS UNISOLUTION GMBH 100%
- QS FRANCE SARL 100%
- QS ASIA QUACQUARELLI SYMONDS PTE LIMITED 100%
- QS QUACQUARELLI SYMONDS (USA) LIMITED 100%
- QS ENROLMENT SOLUTIONS LTD 100%
- QS EASTERN EUROPE SRL 100%
- QS QUACQUARELLI SYMONDS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED 99.99%
- QS QUACQUARELLI SYMONDS SDN. BHD. 100%
- QS QUACQUARELLI SYMONDS (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD 100%
- STUDENTAPPLY EECA LIMITED 100%
- STUDENTAPPLY LIMITED 100%
- SA EDUCATION PARTNERS LIMITED 100%
- QS (SHANGHAI) EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD 100%
- QS QUACQUARELLI SYMONDS (NIGERIA) LTD 100%
- QS QUACQUARELLI SYMONDS (CANADA) LTD 100%
- HOLONIQ USA INC 100%
- HOLONIQ GLOBAL PTY LTD 100%
- HOLONIQ PTY LTD 100%
- HOLONIQ TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD 100%
- QS (CHENGDU) TELI EDUCATION CONSULTING CO. LTD 100%
- QS (SHENZHEN) EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LTD 100%
- QS QUACQUARELLI SYMONDS (KENYA) LIMITED 100%
Significant events
- “Pieter Funnekotter was appointed Senior Vice President, Candidate Engagement in March 2025. Selma Toohey was appointed as Senior Vice President, University Services in October 2025 as Edward Harcourt left the business in December 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAIT, Matthew | Secretary | 2016-05-01 | — | — |
| BROTHERS, Patrick James | Director | 2025-01-24 | Jan 1978 | Australian |
| MUTO, Yoshito | Director | 2026-05-21 | Sep 1983 | Japanese |
| QUACQUARELLI, Nunzio | Director | — | May 1964 | British |
| SOWTER, Benjamin David | Director | 2015-07-07 | Oct 1976 | British |
| TURNER, Jessica Clare | Director | 2021-04-29 | Apr 1971 | Australian,British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROODIE, Don, Mr. | Secretary | 2011-10-01 | 2016-05-01 |
| QUACQUARELLI, Melanie Jane | Secretary | — | 2011-10-01 |
| MUTO, Yoshito | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2024-03-31 |
| ONOGAWA, Takashi | Director | 2024-04-01 | 2025-11-01 |
| ONOGAWA, Takashi | Director | 2015-07-07 | 2017-10-31 |
| QUACQUARELLI, Melanie Jane | Director | 1994-03-09 | 2013-06-17 |
| QUACQUARELLI, Melanie Jane | Director | — | 1993-09-06 |
| YOSHII, Arata | Director | 2025-11-01 | 2026-05-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Nunzio Quacquarelli | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-05-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-05-22 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-10-04 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-05-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-19 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.