MANDER PORTMAN WOODWARD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-01 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£28K
-49.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+2.7% vs 2023
Employees
319
+3.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7M
+19.1% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,167,000 | £34,522,000 | |
| Operating profit | £7,886,000 | £8,741,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,013,000 | £7,161,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,428,000 | £5,238,000 | |
| Cash | £55,000 | £28,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,479,000 | £11,849,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,723,000 | £8,961,000 | |
| Equity | £8,723,000 | £8,961,000 | |
| Average employees | 307 | 319 | |
| Wages | £11,210,000 | £11,677,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 24.5% | 25.3% | |
| Net margin | 13.8% | 15.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 68.7% | 73.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.16x | 0.29x | |
| Interest cover | 4.21x | 3.06x |
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
- Bishop Fleming LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company is expected to generate positive cash flows. It has received Letters of Support from Graham Holdings Company guaranteeing payment of intercompany debts and assistance in meeting liabilities if needed for a minimum of 12 months. Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue.”
Group structure
- MANDER PORTMAN WOODWARD LIMITED · parent
- Kensington Student Services Limited 1%
- Justin Craig Education Limited 1%
Significant events
- “Student numbers dropped 13% due to external headwinds, examination and student visa policy changes. This reduction will continue into 2025. New government announced 20% VAT on private school fees paid after 29th July 2024 for tuition and boarding fees covering a period on or after 1st January 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FEENAN, Samuel Francis | Director | 2022-11-01 | Feb 1983 | British |
| JONES, David | Director | 2016-01-05 | Apr 1952 | British |
| THICK, Andrew Vincent Alexander | Director | 2016-01-05 | May 1954 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHANDLER, Lynn Angharad | Secretary | — | 1999-05-24 |
| DAYKIN, Michael Richard | Secretary | 2006-06-19 | 2009-12-24 |
| HABGOOD, Sarah Louise | Secretary | 1999-05-24 | 2003-11-30 |
| HOTCHIN, Nicola Joanne | Secretary | 2005-11-03 | 2006-06-19 |
| OFFLER, Rachel | Secretary | 2003-11-01 | 2005-11-03 |
| ADDISON, Nigel Paul | Director | — | 1994-02-07 |
| BIGMORE, Daphne Anne | Director | 1994-08-01 | 1996-06-21 |
| BOYES, Steven Daniel | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2016-09-09 |
| BUCKLEY, Katherine Anne | Director | — | 1993-07-16 |
| BURNETT, James Robert | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2005-07-13 |
| COLES, Spencer Howard | Director | 2017-03-10 | 2026-02-13 |
| DOWDING, Fiona Catherine | Director | 1993-03-19 | 1997-07-01 |
| ELDRIDGE, Fiona | Director | 1993-04-26 | 1998-06-30 |
| ETCHELL, William John | Director | 2011-10-06 | 2012-07-16 |
| KAUFMAN, Josh | Director | 2014-09-23 | 2016-01-05 |
| LYGO, Carl Raymond, Professor | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2012-07-16 |
| LYGO, Carl Raymond, Professor | Director | 2005-02-22 | 2009-06-04 |
| MCINROY, Martin Andrew | Director | 2014-08-19 | 2022-11-01 |
| MUNNINGS, Keith John | Director | 1998-07-01 | 1999-08-30 |
| PRICE, Richard Ralph | Director | — | 2001-09-17 |
| PRIOR, Charles Campbell Leathes | Director | 2001-09-17 | 2007-08-09 |
| ROBINSON, Stuart | Director | 2013-03-19 | 2014-08-08 |
| ROSS-ROBERTS, Christopher Michael David | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2011-10-06 |
| RUSTON, Joseph Henry | Director | — | 1998-06-30 |
| SIDDLE, Roger William John | Director | 2009-06-04 | 2009-08-31 |
| STOUT, Nigel William Ker | Director | — | 2020-04-24 |
| WINNINGTON, Joy | Director | — | 1994-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaplan International Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-10-18 | Active |
| Mpw Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-10-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 213 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-05-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-05-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-05-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+7.3%
£32,167,000 £34,522,000
-
Cash
-49.1%
£55,000 £28,000
-
Net assets
+2.7%
£8,723,000 £8,961,000
-
Employees
+3.9%
307 319
-
Operating profit
+10.8%
£7,886,000 £8,741,000
-
Profit before tax
+19.1%
£6,013,000 £7,161,000
-
Wages
+4.2%
£11,210,000 £11,677,000
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