AQA ASSESSMENT SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-25 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-11
Watchouts
Cash
£939K
-35.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
-74.6% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£6M
-160.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,136,000 | £25,983,000 | £12,315,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £2,312,000 | -£6,083,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £9,967,000 | -£6,054,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £8,367,000 | -£6,054,000 | |
| Cash | — | £1,464,000 | £939,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £9,043,000 | £2,985,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £8,119,000 | £2,065,000 | |
| Equity | — | £8,119,000 | £2,065,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 103 | — | |
| Wages | — | £8,831,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
-52.6%
£25,983,000 £12,315,000
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-35.9%
£1,464,000 £939,000
-
Net assets
-74.6%
£8,119,000 £2,065,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-363.1%
£2,312,000 -£6,083,000
-
Profit before tax
-160.7%
£9,967,000 -£6,054,000
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 8.9% | -49.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 32.2% | -49.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 25.6% | -203.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.51x | 0.35x | |
| Interest cover | — | 1.98x | — |
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
- AQA ASSESSMENT SERVICES LIMITED 2024-03-27 → present
- AQA MILTON KEYNES LIMITED 2022-03-29 → 2024-03-27
- DRS DATA SERVICES LIMITED 2005-11-30 → 2022-03-29
- SECKLOE 278 LIMITED 2005-09-20 → 2005-11-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Following this review, they have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. As a consequence, these financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Management has not identified any adjusting events. FRS 102 requires, for non-adjusting events, disclosure of the nature of the event, and either an estimate of its financial effect or a statement that such an estimate cannot be made.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAWFORD, Claire | Director | 2025-11-01 | May 1979 | British |
| RICHARDSON, Derek James | Director | 2023-12-01 | Nov 1974 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLE, Richard Andrew | Secretary | 2014-11-28 | 2016-04-06 |
| HOPWOOD, Sally Patricia | Secretary | 2006-05-15 | 2014-11-28 |
| RICHARDSON, John David | Secretary | 2016-04-06 | 2016-12-16 |
| STEVENS, Nicholas Martin | Secretary | 2023-09-14 | 2025-10-31 |
| TEBBUTT, Arthur Mark | Secretary | 2005-12-06 | 2006-05-15 |
| EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-09-20 | 2005-12-06 |
| ANDERSON, Neil Robert | Director | 2011-05-09 | 2013-07-08 |
| AYRES, Christopher John | Director | 2009-06-29 | 2010-10-05 |
| BEATS, Stephen Mark | Director | 2010-11-08 | 2012-02-10 |
| BEATS, Stephen Mark | Director | 2005-12-06 | 2008-06-30 |
| BEDLOW, Mark Richard | Director | 2019-06-27 | 2025-10-31 |
| BRENNAN, Patricia | Director | 2017-03-29 | 2019-06-27 |
| BRIGHTON, Gary | Director | 2005-12-06 | 2017-03-29 |
| BRIGHTON, Malcolm | Director | 2005-12-06 | 2009-02-23 |
| BROOKS, Bernadette Philomena | Director | 2013-01-15 | 2021-08-31 |
| COOMBS, Justin Christopher | Director | 2024-05-16 | 2026-01-09 |
| DAY, Simon John | Director | 2005-12-06 | 2007-12-31 |
| GOWERS, Stephen John | Director | 2012-11-05 | 2016-12-31 |
| HAMILTON, Mark Lawrence | Director | 2013-06-18 | 2017-03-29 |
| HUDSON, Graham Charles | Director | 2010-09-20 | 2014-01-24 |
| LEE, Anthony Christopher John | Director | 2005-12-06 | 2012-10-26 |
| LLOYD, Martin Derek | Director | 2020-02-27 | 2021-12-02 |
| PECK, John William | Director | 2013-09-17 | 2014-10-31 |
| SHAW, David Alfred | Director | 2020-02-27 | 2023-03-08 |
| STEVENS, Nicholas Martin | Director | 2017-03-29 | 2025-10-31 |
| TEBBUTT, Arthur Mark | Director | 2005-12-06 | 2017-04-20 |
| THOMSON, Claire Elizabeth | Director | 2025-11-01 | 2026-01-09 |
| VAN NIEKERK, Denton | Director | 2009-02-23 | 2009-10-29 |
| EMW DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2005-09-20 | 2005-12-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aqa Commercial Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-03-26 | Active |
| Aqa Education | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-11-24 | Ceased 2024-03-26 |
| Aqa Education | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-12-20 | Ceased 2023-11-24 |
| Drs Data And Research Services Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-12-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-06-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-06-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-03-27 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-12 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2024-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-06-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-27 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 5
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.