COGNITA SCHOOLS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2025-08-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-01 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-18
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£30M
+28.8% vs 2022
Employees
2,439
+3.1% vs 2022
Profit before tax
£4M
+55.4% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-08-31.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- COGNITA SCHOOLS LIMITED 2005-09-14 → present
- ASQUITH COURT SCHOOLS LIMITED 1992-04-28 → 2005-09-14
- ASQUITH COURT LIMITED 1988-12-30 → 1992-04-28
- FIXEQUAL LIMITED 1988-11-04 → 1988-12-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2023-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £164,667,000 | £179,203,000 | |
| Operating profit | £8,012,000 | £10,252,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,508,000 | £3,897,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,160,000 | £4,835,000 | |
| Cash | £11,610,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £171,653,000 | £203,131,000 | |
| Net assets | £23,160,000 | £29,825,000 | |
| Equity | £23,160,000 | £29,825,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,366 | 2,439 | |
| Wages | £73,684,000 | £78,287,000 |
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 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.9% | 5.7% | |
| Net margin | 3.1% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.7% | 5.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 91.3% | 90.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.84x | 0.86x | |
| Interest cover | 1.45x | 1.61x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Whilst the Company is expected to continue to be cash generative and remain in existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements, the Company does hold net current liabilities and has therefore obtained the support of its parent company, Cognita Limited, in respect of short-term liquidity requirements. The going concern status of the Company is therefore dependent on its parent company's ability to fulfil this guarantee if called upon.”
Group structure
- COGNITA SCHOOLS LIMITED · parent
- Super Camps Limited 100%
- St Nicholas Preparatory School Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-02-07 | — | — |
| DRAKE, Michael John | Director | 2022-02-01 | Oct 1963 | British |
| PINCHBECK, Jayne Koh | Director | 2018-12-10 | Dec 1980 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Oliver Charles William | Director | 2023-02-08 | Apr 1983 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARVEY, Neil | Secretary | 1994-08-25 | 1995-03-27 |
| HENDRIE, Neal Malcolm | Secretary | 2004-10-31 | 2004-11-29 |
| MARTIN, Gillian Carol | Secretary | 1995-03-27 | 1999-07-09 |
| MERCER, Kevin | Secretary | 2016-03-02 | 2017-07-31 |
| NARUNSKY, Gary Howard | Secretary | 2004-11-29 | 2005-02-07 |
| PENNELL, Sara Lilian | Secretary | — | 1994-08-25 |
| RING, Ronald Arthur | Secretary | 1999-07-09 | 2004-10-31 |
| AUGHTERSON, Peter William | Director | 1994-01-07 | 2002-11-11 |
| BEAUMONT, Mark | Director | — | 1993-06-13 |
| CROSS, Jean | Director | 1999-06-04 | 2004-11-29 |
| DRAKE, Michael John | Director | 2020-05-06 | 2021-09-30 |
| ELLIS, Roger Wykeham | Director | — | 1999-05-08 |
| HENDRIE, Neal | Director | 2003-10-03 | 2004-11-29 |
| HOARE, David Alexander | Director | — | 1994-01-07 |
| HUDSON, James Kingsley | Director | 2005-04-20 | 2011-02-28 |
| HYSLOP, Edward James | Director | 2015-02-05 | 2015-03-18 |
| JANSEN, Christopher Trevor Peter | Director | 2015-12-14 | 2021-09-30 |
| JEFFERY, Nigel Trevor | Director | 1992-10-01 | 1993-09-01 |
| MABBUTT, Ian Porter | Director | 2004-06-15 | 2004-11-29 |
| MILLMAN, Stuart Paul | Director | 2020-05-06 | 2021-09-28 |
| NARUNSKY, Gary Howard | Director | 2004-11-29 | 2015-01-06 |
| PEARCE, David | Director | 2015-11-02 | 2016-04-28 |
| RATCLIFFE, Daniel Peter | Director | 2021-09-30 | 2022-02-01 |
| RHODES, Phillip Baverstock | Director | 2002-11-11 | 2004-11-29 |
| RING, Ronald Arthur | Director | 1999-06-04 | 2004-10-06 |
| ROLLAND, Stuart Stacy | Director | 2016-04-04 | 2022-02-01 |
| SMITH, Lindsay Alexandra, Mrs | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2022-10-28 |
| SMITH, Lindsay Alexandra, Mrs | Director | 2020-05-06 | 2021-09-24 |
| SOSKIN, David Gideon Frank Aurele Xavier | Director | — | 1999-05-04 |
| UZIELLI, Michael | Director | 2016-06-17 | 2022-06-01 |
| VIALOU-CLARK, Henry Max | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2016-03-10 |
| VILLA, Dean Vincent John | Director | 2004-11-29 | 2018-12-10 |
| WITHERS, Rees | Director | 2004-11-29 | 2015-12-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cognita Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-02-12 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 417 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-24 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2023-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-11-02 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-25 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-10-22 | DISS16(SOAS) | dissolution | Dissolved compulsory strike off suspended | |
| 2022-09-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-08-31 vs 2022-08-31
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Turnover
+8.8%
£164,667,000 £179,203,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+28.8%
£23,160,000 £29,825,000
-
Employees
+3.1%
2,366 2,439
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Operating profit
+28%
£8,012,000 £10,252,000
-
Profit before tax
+55.4%
£2,508,000 £3,897,000
-
Wages
+6.2%
£73,684,000 £78,287,000
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