KEDLESTON SCHOOLS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-29 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-27 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+2% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
-11.1% vs 2023
Employees
799
+4.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£573K
-253.9% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £52,637,998 | £55,947,067 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £7,592,487 | £5,417,495 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£161,938 | -£573,085 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£37,712 | -£1,624,262 | |
| Cash | — | — | £4,769,381 | £4,866,127 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £80,743,430 | £78,102,681 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £14,579,510 | £12,955,248 | |
| Equity | -£29,014,213 | -£35,186,056 | £14,579,510 | £12,955,248 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 762 | 799 | |
| Wages | — | — | £25,960,423 | £27,914,677 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £826,374 | £540,500 |
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
-
Turnover
+6.3%
£52,637,998 £55,947,067
-
Cash
+2%
£4,769,381 £4,866,127
-
Net assets
-11.1%
£14,579,510 £12,955,248
-
Employees
+4.9%
762 799
-
Operating profit
-28.6%
£7,592,487 £5,417,495
-
Profit before tax
-253.9%
-£161,938 -£573,085
-
Wages
+7.5%
£25,960,423 £27,914,677
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 14.4% | 9.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -0.1% | -2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 9.4% | 6.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.08x | 0.71x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 0.98x | 0.90x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- KEDLESTON SCHOOLS LIMITED 2012-11-05 → present
- KEDLESTON UK LIMITED 2007-02-05 → 2012-11-05
- BLAKEDEW 599 LIMITED 2006-04-12 → 2007-02-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis as the directors have prepared detailed budgets for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing the accounts which show that the group is expected to be able to meet all its liabilities as they fall due. The budgets have been prepared for the Kyanite Limited group and Kedleston Group Limited group, which this entity is part of.”
Group structure
- KEDLESTON SCHOOLS LIMITED · parent
- Kedleston (High Peak School) Limited 1%
- Kedleston Wings Holdco Limited 1%
- Kedleston (Wings Education) Limited 1%
- Kedleston (OS Education) Limited 1%
- Kedleston Schools (London) Limited 1%
- Kedleston (Wood Grove Childcare) Limited 1%
- Kedleston (Olsen House Holdings) Limited 1%
- Kedleston (Olsen House) Limited 1%
- Kedleston (Real Estate) Limited 1%
- Kedleston (Brookways School) Limited 1%
- Kedleston (Ivytree) Limited 1%
Significant events
- “During the year the group opened a new school and commenced the development of a number of new sites and expansion projects at existing sites.”
- “The group's revenue grew year on year by £3.3m (£55.9m 2024 vs £52.6m 2023) as the result of an additional site, closing another site and the maturing of sites opened in 2022 and 2023.”
- “Exceptional items in the current year consist of redundancy costs and property search fees. Exceptional items in the prior year consisted of property search fees.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HURRAN, Anthony Robert | Secretary | 2006-05-08 | — | British |
| BROSNAN, Paul | Director | 2006-05-08 | Aug 1975 | Irish |
| HURRAN, Anthony Robert | Director | 2006-05-08 | Jul 1976 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HATHER, Jon | Secretary | 2006-12-06 | 2011-09-29 |
| BLAKELAW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-04-12 | 2006-05-08 |
| BROSNAN, Denis | Director | 2011-12-14 | 2020-12-30 |
| COLE, David John | Director | 2007-02-21 | 2008-09-25 |
| MCELROY, Eamon Francis | Director | 2010-03-23 | 2012-09-10 |
| MCGARTOLL, Owen Raphael | Director | 2006-05-08 | 2007-10-04 |
| MURPHY, Paul Edward | Director | 2007-04-19 | 2012-09-10 |
| OAKES, Peter | Director | 2008-09-25 | 2009-07-31 |
| PARSONS, Michael Dennis | Director | 2006-05-08 | 2012-09-10 |
| YETZES, Robert | Director | 2007-02-21 | 2010-07-30 |
| BLAKELAW DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2006-04-12 | 2006-05-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kedleston Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.