PPL TRAINING LTD
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Cash
£627k
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6.7m
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
86
highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.1m
Period ending 2025-12-31
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
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,958,538 | £10,348,794 | £18,904,763 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,590,277 | £2,939,893 | £3,869,637 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,603,452 | £2,981,375 | £4,119,389 | — | |
| Net profit | £1,263,039 | £2,282,252 | £3,897,183 | — | |
| Cash | £1,435,125 | £3,476,949 | £626,586 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,603,749 | £2,968,407 | £6,927,079 | — | |
| Net assets | £3,338,140 | £2,789,950 | £6,698,235 | — | |
| Equity | £3,338,140 | £2,789,950 | £6,698,235 | — | |
| Average employees | 72 | 76 | 86 | — | |
| Wages | £2,909,391 | £3,140,822 | £5,692,431 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £152,857 | £176,351 | £181,941 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £102,311 | £62,642 | £2,311 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 18 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.8% | 28.4% | 20.5% | |
| Net margin | 14.1% | 22.1% | 20.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 44.1% | 99.0% | 55.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.1% | 65.9% | 32.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.30x | 1.32x | 2.72x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- PPL TRAINING LTD 2005-04-06 → present
- PROGRESS PEOPLE LIMITED 2003-08-04 → 2005-04-06
- BOOTHAM SERVICES LIMITED 2000-07-21 → 2003-08-04
- SERVECHOOSE LIMITED 2000-04-28 → 2000-07-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- PPL TRAINING LTD · parent
- PPL Digital Media Ltd 100%
- PPL Engineering Services Ltd 100%
- PPL Training Livingston Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “PPL Training Ltd was purchased by Apave International SAS on 5 October 2024 therefore it was agreed to carry out an 18 month accounting period in 2025 to align the company's reporting period with the parent company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Gary | Director | 2015-04-01 | Mar 1967 | British |
| APAVE INTERNATIONAL SAS | Corporate Director | 2024-10-05 | — | — |
| APAVE SA | Corporate Director | 2024-10-05 | — | — |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTH, Jo | Secretary | 2005-07-27 | 2024-10-05 |
| BOOTH, Moyra Jacqueline | Secretary | 2001-05-01 | 2005-07-27 |
| OFNER, Lisa Deborah | Secretary | 2000-07-06 | 2001-04-30 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-04-28 | 2000-07-06 |
| BOOTH, James Whatton | Director | 2000-07-06 | 2024-10-05 |
| BOOTH, Joanne Clare | Director | 2015-04-06 | 2024-10-05 |
| BROADBENT, Tracey Ann | Director | 2015-05-05 | 2016-05-12 |
| ELAND, Jonathan | Director | 2022-10-11 | 2024-10-05 |
| FEATHERSTONE, Kevin | Director | 2006-07-15 | 2017-10-27 |
| HOOK, Kevin | Director | 2008-02-04 | 2016-01-05 |
| PENNY, Alan James | Director | 2013-08-05 | 2014-10-31 |
| SEDDON, Paul | Director | 2012-01-03 | 2016-01-05 |
| SODERSTROM, Robert Reginald | Director | 2010-05-04 | 2012-05-18 |
| WHELDON, Paul | Director | 2012-01-03 | 2015-03-31 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-04-28 | 2000-07-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Eric Robert Jean-Claude Simon | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-03-06 | Active |
| Joanne Clare Booth | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-05 |
| Mr James Whatton Booth | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-12-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-30 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-04 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-04 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-07-02 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-28 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-10-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-09 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-10-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-09 | AP02 | officers | Appoint corporate director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-09 | AP02 | officers | Appoint corporate director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-09 | 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
- 2
- 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.