FFT EDUCATION LIMITED
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Cash
£7.3m
-6.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.2m
-10% vs 2024
Employees
101
-1.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£226k
-225.9% lowest in 6 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Technology 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £6,190,817 | £10,381,351 | £11,490,375 | £9,122,699 | £8,475,906 | £8,102,972 | -4.4% | |
| Operating profit | £532,263 | £282,604 | £3,229 | -£2,451 | -£53,615 | -£496,164 | -825.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £537,556 | £283,058 | £4,032 | £49,614 | £179,607 | -£226,141 | -225.9% | |
| Net profit | £649,849 | £443,370 | £337,690 | £36,236 | £406,804 | -£241,536 | -159.4% | |
| Cash | £4,461,505 | £4,090,637 | £4,569,731 | £5,447,046 | £7,740,756 | £7,265,258 | -6.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,769,202 | £5,074,774 | £5,876,522 | £3,956,391 | £4,599,885 | £3,905,163 | -15.1% | |
| Net assets | £1,201,285 | £1,644,655 | £1,982,345 | £2,018,581 | £2,425,385 | £2,183,849 | -10% | |
| Equity | £1,201,285 | £1,644,655 | £1,982,345 | £2,018,581 | £2,425,385 | £2,183,849 | -10% | |
| Average employees | 78 | 98 | 121 | 111 | 103 | 101 | -1.9% | |
| Wages | £3,308,689 | £3,960,131 | £4,863,282 | £4,801,757 | £4,521,447 | £4,737,539 | +4.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £96,423 | £136,968 | £179,542 | £199,981 | £205,745 | £238,373 | +15.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £17,981 | £18,775 | £19,556 | +4.2% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £199,981 | £205,745 | — | — |
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 | 8.6% | 2.7% | 0.0% | -0.0% | -0.6% | -6.1% | |
| Net margin | 10.5% | 4.3% | 2.9% | 0.4% | 4.8% | -3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.2% | 5.6% | 0.1% | -0.1% | -1.2% | -12.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 78.8% | 72.3% | 72.4% | 76.9% | 75.6% | 76.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.72x | 1.79x | 1.67x |
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
- FFT EDUCATION LIMITED 2013-02-15 → present
- FISCHER EDUCATION PROJECT LIMITED 1998-12-18 → 2013-02-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- James Cowper Kreston Audit
- 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 Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months”
Significant events
- “Post balance sheet events: Subsequent to the year end, the Company commenced a restructuring programme designed to align its cost base and operational structure with future business requirements. As part of this programme, a number of redundancies have taken place.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHILIZZI, John Stephen | Secretary | 2010-04-26 | — | — |
| CHARMAN, Paul David | Director | 2020-07-22 | Apr 1974 | British |
| FISCHER, Michael David | Director | 1998-12-18 | May 1950 | British |
| PERKIN, Timothy William | Director | 2022-04-13 | May 1982 | British |
| SCHILIZZI, John Stephen | Director | 2026-02-06 | May 1968 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKS, Kenneth Williams | Secretary | 1998-12-18 | 2010-04-26 |
| BROOKS, Kenneth Williams | Director | 1998-12-18 | 2022-09-26 |
| PEARSON, Timothy Robert | Director | 2013-02-13 | 2025-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Timothy William Perkin | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-09-19 | Active |
| Mr Timothy Robert Pearson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-12-18 | Ceased 2025-08-31 |
| Mr Kenneth Williams Brooks | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-12-18 | Ceased 2022-09-26 |
| Mr Michael David Fischer | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-12-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 85 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-12 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-06 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.