CENTRE OF ENGLISH STUDIES LIMITED
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Cash
£1.8m
+191.9% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£3.2m
+9.3% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
151
-0.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£365k
-7.5% first positive since 2021
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,731,349 | £1,559,540 | £6,775,397 | £11,042,387 | £12,906,529 | £10,657,030 | -17.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£728,133 | £16,252 | £57,737 | £296,692 | £317,483 | £329,358 | +3.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£745,446 | -£12,784 | £29,777 | £301,433 | £394,035 | £364,641 | -7.5% | |
| Net profit | -£608,498 | -£10,264 | £25,972 | £230,091 | £298,069 | £273,525 | -8.2% | |
| Cash | -£2,589,267 | -£2,867,910 | -£3,033,191 | -£3,248,917 | -£1,941,466 | £1,783,587 | +191.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,534,698 | £5,246,570 | £4,884,228 | £5,274,738 | £4,732,616 | £4,312,834 | -8.9% | |
| Net assets | £2,400,933 | £2,390,669 | £2,416,641 | £2,646,732 | £2,944,801 | £3,218,326 | +9.3% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £2,646,732 | £2,944,801 | £3,218,326 | +9.3% | |
| Average employees | 110 | 57 | 106 | 150 | 152 | 151 | -0.7% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,466,602 | £2,809,835 | £2,829,650 | +0.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £94,165 | £112,732 | £136,260 | — | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | — | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -26.7% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 2.7% | 2.5% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | -22.3% | -0.7% | 0.4% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -13.2% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 5.6% | 6.7% | 7.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 64.5% | 64.7% | 67.7% | 63.0% | 49.7% | 43.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.07x | 2.33x | 1.81x | |
| Interest cover | -37.20x | 0.56x | 2.06x | 6.82x | 13.65x | 12.34x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- CENTRE OF ENGLISH STUDIES LIMITED 2008-10-09 → present
- SWANDEAN SCHOOL OF ENGLISH LIMITED 1999-01-29 → 2008-10-09
- ZEON CONSULTING LIMITED 1998-11-18 → 1999-01-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Whiteside Cullinan
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts and budgets covering a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements... Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUINN, Michael | Secretary | 2005-01-06 | — | Irish |
| QUINN, Jonathan Anthony | Director | 2005-01-06 | Apr 1969 | Irish |
| QUINN, Justin Timothy | Director | 2005-01-06 | May 1965 | Irish |
| QUINN, Michael Gareth | Director | 2005-01-06 | Mar 1977 | Irish |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOBLE, Pamela | Secretary | 1998-12-23 | 2005-01-06 |
| FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-11-18 | 1998-12-23 |
| BRADLEY-TAYLOR, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 2000-01-03 | 2000-09-20 |
| MOULSON, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 2000-01-03 | 2012-01-26 |
| NOBLE, Bruce Alexander | Director | 1998-12-23 | 2005-01-06 |
| NOBLE, Pamela | Director | 1998-12-23 | 2005-01-06 |
| FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-11-18 | 1998-12-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Justin Quinn | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-10-24 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 94 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audited abridged | |
| 2024-05-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2019-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audited abridged |
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.