INSPIRED EDUCATION (SOUTH LANARKSHIRE) PLC
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Cash
£1.4m
+814.5% vs 2025
Net assets
£205k
-81.5% vs 2025
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£5.1m
-10.4% vs 2025
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Our short-form breakdown of INSPIRED EDUCATION (SOUTH LANARKSHIRE) PLC's latest filing
InspirED Education runs 19 schools for South Lanarkshire Council under a PFI contract. Turnover is up, but a massive dividend has nearly emptied the balance sheet. 🏫💷
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,607,000 | £29,960,000 | +21.8% | |
| Operating profit | £7,364,000 | £9,202,000 | +25% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,660,000 | £5,072,000 | -10.4% | |
| Net profit | £4,244,000 | £3,804,000 | -10.4% | |
| Cash | £152,000 | £1,390,000 | +814.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £268,731,000 | £263,855,000 | -1.8% | |
| Net assets | £1,108,000 | £205,000 | -81.5% | |
| Equity | £1,108,000 | £205,000 | -81.5% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £184,000 | £19,000 | -89.7% |
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 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 29.9% | 30.7% | |
| Net margin | 17.2% | 12.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.7% | 3.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.6% | 99.9% | |
| Current ratio | 17.16x | 14.08x | |
| Interest cover | 0.34x | 0.45x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “During the year the company made early repayments of £nil (2025: £4,711,000) against subordinated debt and therefore incurred compensation interest payments of £nil (2025: £4,039,000) in accordance with the funding agreements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEMPERIAN SECRETARIAT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-11-12 | — | — |
| CLARK, Sheila Jamieson | Director | 2026-01-31 | Oct 1973 | British |
| GORDON, John Stephen | Director | 2019-05-01 | Dec 1962 | British |
| MCGHEE, Steven John | Director | 2023-05-25 | Oct 1983 | British |
| REARDON, Christopher Michael | Director | 2025-11-30 | Dec 1989 | British |
| RITCHIE, Alan Campbell | Director | 2013-02-08 | Apr 1967 | British |
| SHEEHAN, Richard Keith | Director | 2018-11-06 | May 1975 | British |
| WATT, John Edgar Allison | Director | 2017-08-30 | Jul 1957 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIDLER, Christopher Laskey | Secretary | 2005-07-07 | 2007-11-12 |
| BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-07-07 | 2005-07-07 |
| BIRCH, Alan Edward | Director | 2010-07-19 | 2014-03-26 |
| BIRCH, Alan Edward | Director | 2010-01-20 | 2010-07-19 |
| CHAMBERLAIN, Janet Patricia | Director | 2007-06-29 | 2008-01-23 |
| CHRISTIE, Rory William | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2023-05-25 |
| CLARK, Sheila Jamieson | Director | 2014-02-19 | 2018-11-17 |
| DODD, Phillip Joseph | Director | 2008-01-23 | 2013-02-08 |
| EDWARDS, Matthew James | Director | 2012-01-27 | 2014-02-19 |
| FIDLER, Christopher Laskey | Director | 2005-07-07 | 2005-10-18 |
| GRAHAM, John | Director | 2008-05-07 | 2018-05-23 |
| HARRIS, John David | Director | 2005-10-18 | 2006-10-01 |
| HEMMINGS, Paul Roger | Director | 2006-05-26 | 2008-11-10 |
| HOLLAND, Peter James | Director | 2005-07-07 | 2005-10-18 |
| JAMES, Christopher | Director | 2018-11-17 | 2026-01-31 |
| LINNEY, Joseph Mark | Director | 2005-10-18 | 2015-07-22 |
| MCINNES, Sarah Catherine | Director | 2015-07-22 | 2016-10-31 |
| MCLELLAN, Kenneth Andrew | Director | 2010-07-19 | 2017-04-01 |
| PHILLIPS, Anthony Jade | Director | 2006-05-26 | 2007-12-01 |
| POPE, Barry Robert Boyde | Director | 2005-10-18 | 2007-06-29 |
| RHODES, Andrew Charles Mutch | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2025-11-30 |
| RYAN, Terence | Director | 2008-11-10 | 2010-07-19 |
| WARD, James William | Director | 2006-05-26 | 2008-05-07 |
| WATSON, Martin John Malone | Director | 2007-12-01 | 2009-12-01 |
| WOODBURN, Neil Andrew | Director | 2016-10-31 | 2019-04-30 |
| BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2005-07-07 | 2005-07-07 |
| DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2005-07-07 | 2005-07-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspired Education (South Lanarkshire) Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-02-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim | |
| 2026-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.