KENSINGTON PARK SCHOOL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-17 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+1.1% vs 2023
Net assets
-£3M
-22.4% vs 2023
Employees
76
-6.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£513K
+43.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- KENSINGTON PARK SCHOOL LIMITED 2017-09-11 → present
- LANSDOWNE TUTORS LIMITED 1979-09-17 → 2017-09-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,007,348 | £8,013,385 | |
| Operating profit | -£847,578 | -£452,286 | |
| Profit before tax | -£907,581 | -£512,539 | |
| Net profit | -£936,658 | -£510,666 | |
| Cash | £1,893,970 | £1,915,680 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,193,257 | -£1,645,796 | |
| Net assets | -£2,278,378 | -£2,789,044 | |
| Equity | -£2,278,378 | -£2,789,044 | |
| Average employees | 81 | 76 | |
| Wages | £2,829,910 | £3,175,416 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -10.6% | -5.6% | |
| Net margin | -11.7% | -6.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 71.0% | 27.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.84x | 0.65x | |
| Interest cover | -14.13x | -7.51x |
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
- Affinia (Orpington)
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, 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 relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The new government's policy to charge VAT on Independent School Fees are affecting UK Independent Education. Parents are struggling to cope with the fee increases and other living cost increases in general. KPS has been working with our parents to work on solutions whilst KPS still ensures that students and staff are provided with the best facilities to support them when they need it.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PING, Chuan | Director | 2026-04-01 | May 1990 | Chinese |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEMPLETON, Hugh | Secretary | — | 2012-06-29 |
| FOOT ANSTEY SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-09-01 | 2025-01-06 |
| BIRD, Roger Nicholas | Director | 2012-08-23 | 2014-05-09 |
| CESENAS, Jose Jesus Rodriguez | Director | 2012-06-29 | 2015-04-27 |
| CHEN, Li | Director | 2020-01-20 | 2023-02-16 |
| COLVIN, William | Director | 2016-09-27 | 2020-02-21 |
| COLVIN, William | Director | 2015-10-20 | 2016-09-01 |
| HAO, Yiding | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2022-01-24 |
| HAWKINS, Glenn, Dr | Director | 2013-02-18 | 2016-02-19 |
| JING, Jing | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2018-02-01 |
| KAY, Robert Richard Jonathan | Director | 2012-06-29 | 2016-09-01 |
| LABOVITCH, Mark Joshua | Director | 2018-03-07 | 2018-10-10 |
| NEEDLEY, Michael | Director | 2012-06-29 | 2016-09-01 |
| PILGRIM, Alan John Templer | Director | 2012-06-29 | 2015-09-11 |
| TEMPLETON, Hugh | Director | — | 2012-06-29 |
| TEMPLETON, Paul William | Director | — | 1999-06-02 |
| TEMPLETON, Peter James | Director | — | 2010-11-10 |
| WEBSTER, Ranald Rory Henderson | Director | 2015-10-20 | 2018-05-29 |
| WU, Hao | Director | 2020-01-20 | 2026-04-01 |
| WU, Zhuping | Director | 2020-01-20 | 2023-04-27 |
| XIA, Xianzhao | Director | 2023-04-17 | 2025-10-31 |
| YANG, Ge | Director | 2023-02-16 | 2023-05-04 |
| ZHOU, Hui | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2018-08-29 |
| ZUPING, Wu | Director | 2019-05-14 | 2019-05-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Education Investment Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-04-06 | Active |
| Astrum Education Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 191 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-04-22 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+0.1%
£8,007,348 £8,013,385
-
Cash
+1.1%
£1,893,970 £1,915,680
-
Net assets
-22.4%
-£2,278,378 -£2,789,044
-
Employees
-6.2%
81 76
-
Operating profit
+46.6%
-£847,578 -£452,286
-
Profit before tax
+43.5%
-£907,581 -£512,539
-
Wages
+12.2%
£2,829,910 £3,175,416
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