NATIONAL EDUCATION GROUP LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-08
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+90.6% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£14M
+29.2% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
140
+21.7% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£4M
-2.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-08.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £13,417,151 | £14,860,934 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £4,154,513 | £4,086,785 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £4,206,262 | £4,116,508 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £3,825,001 | £3,226,044 | |
| Cash | £366,607 | £1,376,525 | £1,570,777 | £2,994,263 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £171,970 | £40,003 | £11,590,690 | £15,107,649 | |
| Net assets | £109,939 | £3 | £11,035,848 | £14,261,892 | |
| Equity | — | — | £11,035,848 | £14,261,892 | |
| Average employees | 22 | 42 | 115 | 140 | |
| Wages | — | — | £4,131,776 | £4,974,872 | |
| 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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
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Turnover
+10.8%
£13,417,151 £14,860,934
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Cash
+90.6%
£1,570,777 £2,994,263
highest in 4 filed years
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Net assets
+29.2%
£11,035,848 £14,261,892
highest in 4 filed years
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Employees
+21.7%
115 140
highest in 4 filed years
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Operating profit
-1.6%
£4,154,513 £4,086,785
-
Profit before tax
-2.1%
£4,206,262 £4,116,508
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Wages
+20.4%
£4,131,776 £4,974,872
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 | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 31.0% | 27.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 28.5% | 21.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 35.8% | 27.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.87x | 0.89x | 2.16x | 2.19x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 869.53x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- NATIONAL EDUCATION GROUP LTD 2018-06-14 → present
- NATIONAL ONLINE SAFETY LTD 2017-04-25 → 2018-06-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which the directors believe to be appropriate. The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts and considered the cash flow requirements of the company, and concluded that the company has sufficient resources to continue in operation for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- NATIONAL EDUCATION GROUP LTD · parent
- Metal Bidco Limited
Significant events
- “The company has guaranteed the bank borrowings of various group and related undertakings. At 31 May 2025 the amount guaranteed was £22,410,246 (2024 £15,090,916). Investec Bank PLC has fixed and floating charges over the undertaking and all property and assets owned by the company in respect of this.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAMEWELL, Neil | Director | 2017-04-25 | Feb 1985 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Steven Andrew | Director | 2025-01-10 | Jul 1967 | British |
| SOUTHWORTH, James | Director | 2017-04-25 | Dec 1983 | British |
| STONEY, Joseph John | Director | 2017-04-25 | Oct 1985 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEMBERTON, Samuel William David | Director | 2021-12-15 | 2022-06-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metal Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-10-12 | Active |
| Mr Neil Gamewell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-04-25 | Ceased 2021-10-12 |
| Mr Joseph John Stoney | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-04-25 | Ceased 2021-10-12 |
| Mr James Southworth | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-04-25 | Ceased 2021-10-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 37 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-06-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-11-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-11-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
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.