SIMPLY EDUCATION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-24 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-10
Watchouts
Cash
£17K
-38% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£782K
-61.2% vs 2023
Employees
56
+21.7% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1M
-207% lowest in 4 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £12,003,372 | — | £17,132,675 | — | £17,844,367 | £14,565,507 | |
| Operating profit | — | £672,693 | — | £1,326,443 | — | £1,224,603 | -£1,164,361 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £654,957 | — | £1,258,692 | — | £1,155,601 | -£1,236,622 | |
| Net profit | — | £590,671 | — | £1,258,692 | — | £1,155,601 | -£1,236,622 | |
| Cash | — | £85,409 | — | £18,702 | — | £27,507 | £17,056 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £604,797 | — | £863,489 | — | £2,019,090 | £782,468 | |
| Net assets | — | £604,797 | — | £863,489 | — | £2,019,090 | £782,468 | |
| Equity | £14,126 | £604,797 | £604,797 | £863,489 | £863,489 | £2,019,090 | £782,468 | |
| Average employees | — | 41 | — | 41 | — | 46 | 56 | |
| Wages | — | £1,607,636 | — | £2,092,470 | — | £2,231,369 | £2,267,169 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £111,191 | — | £160,938 | — | £184,962 | £135,666 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-18.4%
£17,844,367 £14,565,507
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Cash
-38%
£27,507 £17,056
lowest in 4 filed years
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Net assets
-61.2%
£2,019,090 £782,468
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Employees
+21.7%
46 56
highest in 4 filed years
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Operating profit
-195.1%
£1,224,603 -£1,164,361
lowest in 4 filed years
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Profit before tax
-207%
£1,155,601 -£1,236,622
lowest in 4 filed years
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Wages
+1.6%
£2,231,369 £2,267,169
highest in 4 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 5.6% | — | 7.7% | — | 6.9% | -8.0% | |
| Net margin | — | 4.9% | — | 7.3% | — | 6.5% | -8.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 111.2% | — | 153.6% | — | 60.7% | -148.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.69x | 1.19x | |
| Interest cover | — | 37.93x | — | 19.58x | — | 17.75x | -16.11x |
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
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the year end the company had current net assets of £1,889,715 (2023 - £1,970,521). The directors have prepared forecasts and note that the company is trading adequately and has sufficient working capital and other finance available to settle liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Market conditions in 2024 were difficult, particularly in the second half of the year, and turnover fell from £17.8m in 2023 to £14.6m in 2024. ... Operating Profit fell from £1.2m to Operating loss of £1.2m.”
- “Included in exceptional items in the current year is an impairment of amounts owing by group companies of £1,165,240.”
- “After the year end Bames Roffe LLP resigned as auditors due to the transfer of its audit business and its successor Barnes Roffe Audit Limited was appointed by the directors under s485 Companies Act 2006.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGGS, Ashley Graham | Director | 2025-11-10 | Jun 1983 | British |
| MURTAGH, Hollie Louise | Director | 2026-02-11 | Mar 1984 | British |
| PILKINGTON, Andrew Nicholas | Director | 2025-11-10 | Mar 1971 | British |
| YEATES, Matthew | Director | 2025-11-10 | Apr 1990 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHULMAN, Victoria | Secretary | 2005-08-10 | 2013-12-17 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-08-10 | 2005-08-10 |
| ACKERMANN, Leeann | Director | 2019-12-11 | 2020-08-28 |
| GARRARD, Ford | Director | 2023-07-31 | 2025-11-10 |
| HENDERSON, James Grant | Director | 2020-09-15 | 2024-01-30 |
| HOLLY, Donnacha Sean | Director | 2019-08-30 | 2023-01-30 |
| LANGLEY, Ian Michael | Director | 2024-01-30 | 2024-07-01 |
| MCGINLEY, Colm John | Director | 2019-08-30 | 2023-06-20 |
| MURTAGH, Hollie Louise | Director | 2019-12-11 | 2025-08-15 |
| SAVAGE, Ian David | Director | 2023-01-30 | 2023-07-31 |
| SCOTT, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2024-07-01 | 2025-11-10 |
| SHULMAN, Adam Jacob | Director | 2005-08-10 | 2023-04-01 |
| SHULMAN, Victoria | Director | 2013-12-16 | 2019-08-30 |
| SHULMAN, Victoria | Director | 2005-08-10 | 2005-10-06 |
| SPERRIN, Jason Andrew | Director | 2013-12-17 | 2017-08-23 |
| SPERRIN, Sharon Louise | Director | 2005-10-06 | 2019-08-30 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2005-08-10 | 2005-08-10 |
| RIDA HUMAN CAPITAL LTD | Corporate Director | 2010-03-09 | 2013-09-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tatton Recruitment Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-11-10 | Active |
| Simply Education Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-10 |
| Mr Adam Jacob Shulman | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mrs Victoria Jane Shulman | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-02-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-26 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2025-11-21 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 18
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.