ASPECT INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE ACADEMIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-10 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4K
0% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+62.1% vs 2023
Employees
303
-5.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ASPECT INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE ACADEMIES LIMITED 2001-09-07 → present
- ANGLO-WORLD EDUCATION (UK) LIMITED 1987-11-27 → 2001-09-07
- DIRECTSTAT LIMITED 1987-09-08 → 1987-11-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £42,983,000 | £45,530,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,276,000 | £1,365,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,276,000 | £1,365,000 | |
| Net profit | £911,000 | £1,066,000 | |
| Cash | £4,000 | £4,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,376,000 | £3,433,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,717,000 | £2,783,000 | |
| Equity | £1,717,000 | £2,783,000 | |
| Average employees | 320 | 303 | |
| Wages | £9,413,000 | £9,462,000 |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 53.7% | 39.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.06x | 1.17x |
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
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements disclose all matters of which we are aware that are relevant to the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern, including all significant conditions and events, mitigating factors and plans of the Company. The directors also have the intent and ability to take actions necessary to continue as a going concern, and have obtained a letter of support from Graham Holdings Company (the ultimate parent company) which provides financial support to the Company to enable it to continue to operate as a going concern and to settle liabilities as they fall due.”
Group structure
- ASPECT INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE ACADEMIES LIMITED · parent
- Anglo World Travel SA 100%
- Anglo World Group Limited 100%
- Anglo World Education Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In 2024, the European business acquired Azurlingua SAS, a French language school for non-native speakers, based in Nice.”
- “The group has continued to encounter economic challenges following the start of the war in Ukraine in the form of elevated inflation and currency fluctuations.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISAAC, Gareth Roger | Director | 2014-06-02 | Apr 1972 | British |
| JONES, David | Director | 2000-10-06 | Apr 1952 | British |
| MINGUELLA MORALES, Alex | Director | 2026-05-01 | Jul 1981 | Spanish |
| THICK, Andrew Vincent Alexander | Director | 2012-04-30 | May 1954 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAGERSTEN, Christer | Secretary | 1994-05-26 | 1997-07-31 |
| MOUNTNEY, Miranda Ann | Secretary | 1997-07-31 | 2001-05-01 |
| PATON, Susan Mary | Secretary | 2008-03-31 | 2012-02-23 |
| ROCHESTER, Mervyn Alan | Secretary | — | 1992-09-07 |
| WHITTAM, Peter Charles | Secretary | 1992-11-02 | 1994-05-26 |
| MH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-05-01 | 2008-03-31 |
| ANDERSSON, Magnus | Director | 2002-10-25 | 2004-10-29 |
| BECKER, Douglas | Director | 1999-07-07 | 2000-10-06 |
| BOOTH, Alan | Director | 1996-03-08 | 1999-07-07 |
| FAGERSTEN, Christer | Director | 1994-05-26 | 1996-01-01 |
| HEAP, Brian | Director | — | 1999-07-07 |
| LEDGER, Robert Mark | Director | 2001-07-24 | 2002-10-25 |
| MCCAY, John Donal | Director | 1991-12-18 | 1999-01-06 |
| MCGEE JR, Bryant Lee | Director | 1999-07-07 | 2000-10-06 |
| PATON, Susan Mary | Director | 2009-07-14 | 2012-02-23 |
| ROCHESTER, Mervyn Alan | Director | — | 1992-09-07 |
| SPRINGFORS, Ulf | Director | 1991-09-18 | 1999-07-07 |
| WITT, Gerald | Director | — | 1993-06-22 |
| ZENTZ, Robert | Director | 1999-07-07 | 2000-10-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspect Education Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-25 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-03-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-22 | DISS16(SOAS) | dissolution | Dissolved compulsory strike off suspended | |
| 2023-03-07 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-28 vs 2023-12-30
-
Turnover
+5.9%
£42,983,000 £45,530,000
-
Cash
0%
£4,000 £4,000
-
Net assets
+62.1%
£1,717,000 £2,783,000
-
Employees
-5.3%
320 303
-
Operating profit
+7%
£1,276,000 £1,365,000
-
Profit before tax
+7%
£1,276,000 £1,365,000
-
Wages
+0.5%
£9,413,000 £9,462,000
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