EF CORPORATE EDUCATION LTD
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Cash
£2.4m
+12.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£24m
+213% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
241
-7.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£9.5m
-31.9% lowest in 3 filed years
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 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £40,719,000 | £42,315,000 | £44,033,000 | +4.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£4,346,000 | -£4,651,000 | -£2,275,000 | +51.1% | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,361,000 | -£7,189,000 | -£9,485,000 | -31.9% | |
| Net profit | -£9,361,000 | -£7,189,000 | -£9,485,000 | -31.9% | |
| Cash | £1,980,000 | £2,121,000 | £2,391,000 | +12.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,643,000 | £18,855,000 | £24,152,000 | +28.1% | |
| Net assets | -£15,349,000 | -£21,364,000 | £24,152,000 | +213% | |
| Equity | -£15,349,000 | -£21,364,000 | £24,152,000 | +213% | |
| Average employees | 275 | 261 | 241 | -7.7% | |
| Wages | £14,519,000 | £12,569,000 | £11,619,000 | -7.6% | |
| 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. 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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -10.7% | -11.0% | -5.2% | |
| Net margin | -23.0% | -17.0% | -21.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -16.9% | -24.7% | -9.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 128.8% | 140.1% | 57.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.84x | 0.57x | 0.74x | |
| Interest cover | -0.87x | -1.66x | -0.31x |
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
- EF CORPORATE EDUCATION LTD 2019-09-17 → present
- EF LEARNING LTD 2014-03-21 → 2019-09-17
- EF ONLINE LEARNING LTD 2010-11-09 → 2014-03-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Management has concluded that the Company has sufficient resources to meet its obligations as they fall due over this period, and that there is no material uncertainty that casts significant doubt upon the entity's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- EF CORPORATE EDUCATION LTD · parent
- Ashridge Executive & Organisation Development Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the Group issued new ordinary shares and capitalised and repaid long-term loans to reduce exposure to interest rate volatility and financing costs.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALDEN, Claes | Director | 2024-09-26 | Oct 1985 | Swedish |
| HARRIS-DEANS, Jannicke | Director | 2025-09-30 | Jul 1984 | Swedish |
| IISAKA, Youichi | Director | 2025-09-30 | Mar 1985 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENRIKSSON, Fredrik | Secretary | 2010-11-09 | 2012-10-29 |
| KARLSSON, Hans Andreas | Secretary | 2012-10-29 | 2015-01-15 |
| APPELKVIST, Jens | Director | 2019-11-15 | 2024-09-26 |
| BJUNE, Julie | Director | 2023-11-16 | 2025-09-30 |
| BOOTZ, Henrik | Director | 2015-03-24 | 2021-09-24 |
| HALL, Jonathan William Scambler | Director | 2012-01-10 | 2019-06-30 |
| HELLESTAM, Anna Louise Ulrika | Director | 2022-05-24 | 2023-12-21 |
| HENRIKSSON, Fredrik | Director | 2010-11-09 | 2012-10-29 |
| KARLSSON, Hans Andreas | Director | 2012-10-29 | 2015-01-15 |
| NORLIN, Henrik Turesson | Director | 2019-06-30 | 2022-05-24 |
| WALLSTROM, Carl Magnus | Director | 2019-11-15 | 2025-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bertil Eric Hult | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-11-07 | Ceased 2025-11-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 72 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-15 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-12-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-25 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.