ZEN EDUCATE LIMITED
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Cash
£16m
+1.5% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£21m
+7.7% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
867
+200% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£12m
-4.5% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £67,909,339 | £105,611,369 | +55.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£11,391,265 | -£11,632,284 | -2.1% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£11,702,280 | -£12,233,764 | -4.5% | |
| Net profit | -£2,636,256 | -£3,796,985 | -£11,510,136 | -£12,288,974 | -6.8% | |
| Cash | £3,196,127 | £7,958,234 | £15,674,264 | £15,907,058 | +1.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,834,843 | £8,483,033 | £27,144,524 | £28,725,901 | +5.8% | |
| Net assets | £3,791,510 | £8,439,164 | £19,935,219 | £21,477,816 | +7.7% | |
| Equity | £3,791,510 | £8,439,164 | £19,935,219 | £21,477,816 | +7.7% | |
| Average employees | 54 | 79 | 289 | 867 | +200% | |
| Wages | — | — | £14,763,675 | £18,999,916 | +28.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £436,933 | £524,015 | +19.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £12,700 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £218,497 | £262,008 | +19.9% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -16.8% | -11.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -16.9% | -11.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -42.0% | -40.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 10.1% | 10.1% | 44.3% | 48.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.89x | 2.49x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -12.41x | -10.87x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Alliotts LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors confidently affirm that after a recent fundraise, the company has sufficient resources to sustain operations. Consequently, the directors maintain their assurance in the company's ongoing viability...”
Group structure
- ZEN EDUCATE LIMITED · parent
- Zen Educate Inc. 100%
- AK Teaching Limited 100%
- Aquinas Education Limited 100%
- Zen Educate Canada Limited 100%
- Zen Educate Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 18 November 2025 the group acquired 100 percent of the issued capital of AK Teaching Limited.”
- “During the year the subsidiary Inveniet Opus Limited was liquidated and therefore the remaining investment value has been impaired to nil.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OHS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-06-10 | — | — |
| COHEN, Oren | Director | 2017-03-06 | May 1982 | British |
| HARRISON, Peter Claude John | Director | 2024-07-09 | Mar 1963 | British |
| KREMERMAN, Vyacheslav | Director | 2016-09-19 | Jan 1988 | American,British |
| THROSBY, Timothy James Osborne | Director | 2022-10-11 | Jul 1966 | British |
| WIRZ, Benoit Valere | Director | 2019-06-28 | Jan 1975 | French,American,Swiss |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COWLES, Lee Andrew | Director | 2018-04-23 | 2024-07-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Vyacheslav Kremerman | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-09-19 | Ceased 2019-06-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-09 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-03-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-29 RP04SH01 Legacy
- 2025-06-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-06-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-05-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-03-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-29 | RP04SH01 | change-of-name | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-11 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 9
- 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.