CAVENDISH EDUCATION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-24 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-26.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£12M
+1.4% vs 2023
Employees
16
+6.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£401K
-70% vs 2023
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-08-31 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £13,298,608 | £15,850,608 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £9,935,840 | £10,726,398 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £1,335,114 | £401,015 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,132,628 | £159,436 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £2,194,055 | £1,613,838 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £129,257,480 | £160,155,292 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £11,706,863 | £11,866,299 | |
| Equity | £7,811,078 | £8,720,878 | £12,720,238 | £9,433,815 | £10,574,235 | £11,706,863 | £11,866,299 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 16 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £1,207,835 | £1,795,183 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £632,322 | £944,125 |
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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+19.2%
£13,298,608 £15,850,608
-
Cash
-26.4%
£2,194,055 £1,613,838
-
Net assets
+1.4%
£11,706,863 £11,866,299
-
Employees
+6.7%
15 16
-
Operating profit
+8%
£9,935,840 £10,726,398
-
Profit before tax
-70%
£1,335,114 £401,015
-
Wages
+48.6%
£1,207,835 £1,795,183
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 | 2018-08-31 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 74.7% | 67.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 8.5% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 7.7% | 6.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 91.7% | 93.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 10.09x | 9.07x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 1.16x | 1.04x |
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
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- CAVENDISH EDUCATION LIMITED · parent
- Cavendish Education And Training Limited 100%
- Cavendish Learning Limited 100%
- Devonshire Schools Limited 100%
- Bredon School Limited 100%
- Bredon School Enterprises 2002 Limited 100%
- Cavendish Bredon Limited 100%
- Cavendish TIS Limited 100%
- Cavendish Learning (London) Limited 100%
- TIS-London Limited 100%
- Cavendish Education (Cambridge) Limited 100%
- Cavendish Education 1 Limited 100%
- Abingdon House School Limited 100%
- Ripplevale School Rochester Limited 100%
- Trinity Extra Limited 100%
- Burlington House School Ltd 100%
- Hardwick House School Limited 100%
- Quorn Hall School 100%
- Chelsea Hall School Ltd 100%
- Ripplevale School Limited 100%
- WLP Holdings Limited 100%
- WL Property Limited 100%
- Cavendish Education & Training Properties Ltd 100%
- Devonshire Schools Properties Ltd 100%
- Heathermount School Ltd 100%
- Burlington House School Tooting Ltd 100%
- Abingdon House School Purley Ltd 100%
- Yarrow Heights Holdings Ltd 100%
- Yarrow Heights School Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The company is bound by an intra-group cross guarantee in respect of bank debt with other members of the group, headed by its parent undertaking, Burlington Education Holdings Limited. The amount guaranteed at 31 August 2024 is £111,400,000 (2023 - £80,000,000).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALCOMBE, Gary Leigh | Director | 2024-08-31 | Nov 1973 | British |
| COLES, Simon | Director | 2019-06-24 | Feb 1974 | British |
| GIBSON, Emily Elizabeth | Director | 2022-04-01 | Sep 1978 | British |
| HASSAN, Aatif Naveed | Director | 2013-03-11 | Apr 1979 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEREIKA, Gerald Michael, Dr | Director | 2013-04-23 | 2019-06-24 |
| CARR, Deborah Joan | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2019-11-15 |
| MONSEF, Adele Soraya | Director | 2015-02-24 | 2019-06-24 |
| PICKLES, Jonathan Andrew | Director | 2013-09-18 | 2024-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington Education Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-06-24 | Active |
| Mr Aatif Naveed Hassan | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-06-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 81 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-07-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-07-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-07-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-06-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.