DISCOVERY EDUCATION EUROPE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-22 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£474K
-49.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-52.4% vs 2023
Employees
91
-5.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£4M
-240.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- DISCOVERY EDUCATION EUROPE LIMITED 2014-09-01 → present
- ESPRESSO EDUCATION LIMITED 2001-01-22 → 2014-09-01
- ESPRESSO PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 1996-10-09 → 2001-01-22
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 | £8,447,043 | £7,852,210 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,125,976 | -£3,839,003 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,125,976 | -£3,839,003 | |
| Net profit | -£2,354,990 | -£3,839,003 | |
| Cash | £946,128 | £473,934 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,323,094 | £3,484,091 | |
| Net assets | £7,323,094 | £3,484,091 | |
| Equity | £7,323,094 | £3,484,091 | |
| Average employees | 96 | 91 | |
| Wages | £4,901,327 | £4,958,671 |
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 | -13.3% | -48.9% | |
| Net margin | -27.9% | -48.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -15.4% | -110.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.81x | 0.65x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Integration of Time for Phonics (acquired in June 2024).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACIAG, Stephen Thomas | Director | 2024-06-19 | Sep 1985 | American |
| SAVITZ JR., David Michael | Director | 2024-03-27 | Nov 1984 | American |
| SHAW, Brian Gregory | Director | 2019-11-04 | Jan 1981 | American |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRONZE, Lewis Richard | Secretary | 1998-10-10 | 2000-04-03 |
| HEININGER, John Patrick | Secretary | 2000-04-03 | 2001-07-05 |
| JONES-OWEN, David | Secretary | 2011-01-27 | 2013-01-31 |
| SPENCER, Sylvia Joan | Secretary | 1996-10-09 | 1996-10-09 |
| TUPPER, Stephen William | Secretary | 2001-07-05 | 2009-08-14 |
| WARN, Benjamin Richard | Secretary | 1996-10-09 | 1998-10-09 |
| DENTONS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-11-01 | 2016-09-28 |
| ALLNER, Christopher Charles | Director | 2001-09-11 | 2003-09-11 |
| ARMES, Simon Philip Harcourt | Director | 1996-10-09 | 1996-10-09 |
| BENSON, Jane | Director | 2010-12-15 | 2013-03-28 |
| BOWDEN, Anthony John | Director | 1996-10-09 | 2001-07-31 |
| BRONZE, Lewis Richard | Director | 1996-10-09 | 2013-11-01 |
| CAMPBELL, Kelli Elizabeth | Director | 2014-03-26 | 2023-06-01 |
| COWDREY, Jeremy David | Director | 2024-03-27 | 2024-06-06 |
| DRUMMOND, Nigel Spencer | Director | 2000-10-11 | 2001-07-09 |
| EVANS, Timothy Michael | Director | 2001-09-11 | 2013-11-01 |
| FARLEY, James Bernard | Director | 2001-02-19 | 2005-10-19 |
| FORBES, Deirdre | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2016-05-13 |
| HARDIE, John Macdonald | Director | 2009-06-18 | 2013-11-01 |
| HEININGER, John Patrick | Director | 2000-04-03 | 2001-07-19 |
| HELLINGA, Leo | Director | 1999-03-24 | 2001-02-26 |
| HOLLAND, Peter Michael | Director | 2000-05-17 | 2001-01-27 |
| HONEYCUTT, John Kenneth | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2014-06-26 |
| JONES, Arthur Eric | Director | 2000-04-03 | 2000-10-06 |
| LEWIS, Howard | Director | 2019-01-07 | 2024-03-27 |
| LOCK, William James | Director | 2019-01-07 | 2019-11-03 |
| MATHEWS, Christopher Scott | Director | 2016-06-06 | 2019-05-27 |
| MCGRATH, Richard John | Director | 2002-03-18 | 2013-11-01 |
| MONTGOMERY, David John | Director | 2001-09-11 | 2006-12-22 |
| MUIRHEAD, Brian Geoffrey | Director | 2009-03-09 | 2009-06-18 |
| PAPADIMITRIOU, Michael | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2015-08-28 |
| ROSENSTOCK, James Arthur | Director | 2014-03-26 | 2015-03-12 |
| SHMULEWITZ, Yitzchok | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2018-04-30 |
| STRINGER, Arthur John | Director | 2009-04-22 | 2013-11-01 |
| VEALE, Stuart Michael | Director | 2003-09-11 | 2013-11-01 |
| WEEKES, Roanne Lea | Director | 2015-08-27 | 2018-04-30 |
| WELLS, Jonathan Ian | Director | 2001-09-11 | 2001-12-20 |
| WOOD, Mark William | Director | 2005-02-24 | 2009-02-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery Education Europe Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 204 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-03-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-7%
£8,447,043 £7,852,210
-
Cash
-49.9%
£946,128 £473,934
-
Net assets
-52.4%
£7,323,094 £3,484,091
-
Employees
-5.2%
96 91
-
Operating profit
-240.9%
-£1,125,976 -£3,839,003
-
Profit before tax
-240.9%
-£1,125,976 -£3,839,003
-
Wages
+1.2%
£4,901,327 £4,958,671
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