BAYSWATER EDUCATION LIMITED
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Cash
£360k
-17.6% vs 2024
Net assets
-£6m
-5.2% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
291
-5.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£337k
+69% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £13,352,021 | £18,338,439 | £17,564,151 | -4.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£2,888,091 | -£943,024 | -£175,598 | +81.4% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£2,943,854 | -£1,087,012 | -£337,421 | +69% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£2,943,854 | -£1,121,794 | -£327,974 | +70.8% | |
| Cash | £46,232 | £19,597 | £12,794 | £557,089 | £437,146 | £360,123 | -17.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,046,187 | £2,067,624 | £2,286,587 | -£2,697,754 | -£3,324,901 | -£2,684,200 | +19.3% | |
| Net assets | £1,805,187 | £1,792,532 | £1,777,415 | -£4,642,068 | -£5,665,032 | -£5,962,305 | -5.2% | |
| Equity | £1,805,187 | £1,792,532 | £1,777,415 | — | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 5 | 0 | 0 | 252 | 307 | 291 | -5.2% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £5,221,354 | £6,171,759 | £6,069,206 | -1.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £260,557 | £236,961 | £239,146 | +0.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £2,850 | £2,862 | £2,847 | -0.5% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £127,381 | £114,515 | £129,514 | +13.1% |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -21.6% | -5.1% | -1.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -22.0% | -6.1% | -1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 212.2% | 243.0% | 268.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.36x | 0.32x | 0.34x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -51.79x | -6.55x | -1.09x |
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
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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”
Group structure
- BAYSWATER EDUCATION LIMITED · parent
- Ensino Limited 100%
- Language Study Centres Limited 100%
- Eurocentres Global Language Learning Limited 100%
- Bayswater Education (Cyprus) Limited 100%
- Euro Education Services (Pty) Limited 100%
- Eurocentres Apprentissage de Langues en France SAS 100%
- Bayswater Education Canada, Inc 100%
- Bayswater College Limited 100%
- Bayswater College Liverpool Limited 100%
- Bayswater Brighton Limited 100%
- Bayswater Bournemouth Limited 100%
- Bayswater Leeds Limited 100%
- ELS Educational Services Canada, Inc 100%
- 744648 Alberta Limited 100%
- 976821 Ontario Inc. 100%
Significant events
- “In 2025 the Group transitioned to common accounting systems and in early 2026 we implemented a new customer relationship management tool across the business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRAY, Nicholas James | Director | 2018-01-25 | May 1969 | British |
| BROWNLEE, Fergus Stuart | Director | 2018-04-18 | Sep 1955 | British |
| HERBERTSON, James Alexander | Director | 2017-11-30 | Apr 1978 | British |
| MENDEN, Stefan | Director | 2020-12-18 | May 1976 | German |
| ROUSSOUNIS, Stephan Marios | Director | 2017-11-30 | Oct 1979 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Alexander Herbertson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-11-30 | Active |
| Mr Stephan Marios Roussounis | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-11-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 38 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-01-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-01-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-03-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-01-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-01-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-01-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-12-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-12-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2020-07-02 | 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.