CENGAGE LEARNING (EMEA) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-03-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-16
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-30.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£19M
-47.4% vs 2023
Employees
213
+8.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
-20.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-03-31.
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- CENGAGE LEARNING (EMEA) LIMITED 2007-08-30 → present
- THOMSON LEARNING (EMEA) LIMITED 2002-02-12 → 2007-08-30
- TBRG LIMITED 1992-11-06 → 2002-02-12
- THOMORG 12 LIMITED 1988-04-05 → 1992-11-06
- METHUEN EDUCATIONAL LIMITED 1967-04-13 → 1988-04-05
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £78,852,000 | £75,435,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,148,000 | £429,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,711,000 | £2,958,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,563,000 | £3,121,000 | |
| Cash | £2,848,000 | £1,974,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £36,182,000 | £19,312,000 | |
| Net assets | £35,621,000 | £18,742,000 | |
| Equity | £35,621,000 | £18,742,000 | |
| Average employees | 197 | 213 | |
| Wages | £10,773,000 | £10,517,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | 4.5% | 4.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.2% | 2.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.07x | 1.42x | |
| Interest cover | 2.00x | 4.61x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company maintains a strong net current asset position of £13,417,000 (2023: £30,804,000) despite a dividend of £20,000,000 that was paid in the year. The company closely manages and monitors cash flows in order to ensure that it can continue as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORSYTH, Simon | Secretary | 2019-12-20 | — | — |
| TILSLEY, Dean Christopher | Director | 2025-05-31 | Oct 1970 | American |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAWOOD, James Laird | Secretary | 2003-04-07 | 2004-10-01 |
| CHESSER, David | Secretary | 1997-11-14 | 1999-01-29 |
| GREEN, Richard Desmond | Secretary | 1992-11-09 | 1996-06-21 |
| JEWELL, Joanna | Secretary | 1999-01-29 | 2003-04-07 |
| KASSIMATIS, Aristides Emmanuel | Secretary | 1996-06-21 | 1997-11-14 |
| LAKE, Stephen | Secretary | 2004-10-01 | 2019-12-20 |
| RUSSELL, Angela | Secretary | — | 1992-11-09 |
| BELLIZZI, John Francis | Director | 2000-04-07 | 2001-02-23 |
| BOLICK JNR, Robert Earl | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1997-01-20 |
| BONNEY II, Charles Merrill | Director | 2009-07-14 | 2022-03-31 |
| BONNEY II, Charles Merrill | Director | 2003-12-01 | 2006-06-16 |
| BOSWELL, Ralph Henry | Director | — | 1992-11-09 |
| BROICH, Hans Alexander | Director | 2014-06-30 | 2025-05-31 |
| BROWNE, Gregory John | Director | 2003-09-03 | 2007-09-28 |
| CAMERON, Graham Hugh | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1998-01-31 |
| CHARLES, Clive Marcus Bolton | Director | 1992-11-09 | 2001-02-14 |
| CLAYTON, Russell Alan | Director | 2008-02-12 | 2009-07-14 |
| CULLEN, Robert Carl | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2003-08-14 |
| DAVY, Thomas Christopher | Director | 2006-05-15 | 2008-06-05 |
| DRINKALL, Christopher John Julian | Director | 2012-09-27 | 2014-06-30 |
| FUHRUEISTER, Franz Gunter | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1997-12-05 |
| GREEN, Richard Desmond | Director | 1992-11-09 | 1993-06-08 |
| GUZMAN, Manuel | Director | 2012-11-19 | 2013-01-28 |
| HALL, William Ferguson | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1999-08-02 |
| HOENIGSBERG, Peter | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1997-12-18 |
| JONES, Jill Louise | Director | 2008-06-05 | 2012-07-06 |
| JONES, Ruth Isobel | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2001-02-19 |
| KING, Vance | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2006-04-28 |
| LOSSI, Charles Michael | Director | 2001-12-05 | 2006-02-28 |
| MAHENDRAN, Devnath | Director | 2006-06-16 | 2008-02-12 |
| NELSON, Alan | Director | 1997-06-04 | 2000-04-13 |
| RAE, David Lloyd | Director | 2014-12-02 | 2025-05-31 |
| REDGATE, James Douglas | Director | 2025-05-31 | 2026-02-27 |
| RUSSELL, Angela | Director | — | 1992-11-09 |
| SCOTT, Jeffrey | Director | 2000-04-07 | 2001-12-05 |
| STRINGER, Arthur John | Director | 2001-11-02 | 2007-09-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cengage Learning Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 200 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-03-31 vs 2023-03-31
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Turnover
-4.3%
£78,852,000 £75,435,000
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Cash
-30.7%
£2,848,000 £1,974,000
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Net assets
-47.4%
£35,621,000 £18,742,000
-
Employees
+8.1%
197 213
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Operating profit
-62.6%
£1,148,000 £429,000
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Profit before tax
-20.3%
£3,711,000 £2,958,000
-
Wages
-2.4%
£10,773,000 £10,517,000
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