CAMBRIDGE ARTS & SCIENCES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-05 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£281K
+4.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
+34.4% vs 2024
Employees
203
+2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
+168.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CAMBRIDGE ARTS & SCIENCES LIMITED 1998-07-30 → present
- CAMBRIDGE EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED 1998-03-18 → 1998-07-30
- CAMBRIDGE STUDY GROUP LIMITED 1997-10-23 → 1998-03-18
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,688,000 | £22,281,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,443,000 | £3,874,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,443,000 | £3,874,000 | |
| Net profit | £884,000 | £2,951,000 | |
| Cash | £268,000 | £281,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,585,000 | £11,536,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,585,000 | £11,536,000 | |
| Equity | £8,585,000 | £11,536,000 | |
| Average employees | 199 | 203 | |
| Wages | £6,508,000 | £6,762,000 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.7% | 17.4% | |
| Net margin | 4.7% | 13.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.8% | 33.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.35x | 1.22x |
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
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After considering all of the above factors, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has sufficient access to adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and for at least the period of 12 months following the date of approval of the financial statements. The directors therefore consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern principle in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “A change in VAT legislation in January 2025 has impacted some students now being charged VAT on services provided by the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIU, Ruolei | Director | 2023-04-04 | Jul 1982 | Australian |
| ROBERTS, Ivor Anthony, Sir | Director | 2025-04-07 | Sep 1946 | British |
| ZHOU, Feng | Director | 2024-01-10 | Mar 1988 | Chinese |
| ZHOU, Hongru | Director | 2024-01-10 | Aug 1985 | Hong Konger |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOLDING, Nicholas Philip Dunstan | Secretary | 1997-10-23 | 1998-09-18 |
| STANFIELD, Glynne | Secretary | 1998-09-18 | 2004-10-28 |
| STANTON, Mark | Secretary | 2007-05-03 | 2016-06-17 |
| CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-10-23 | 1997-10-23 |
| EVERSECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-10-28 | 2007-02-22 |
| TRUSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2007-02-22 | 2007-05-03 |
| ARMSTRONG, Elizabeth Ruth | Director | 1997-10-23 | 2013-12-18 |
| BROWNLEE, Fergus Stuart | Director | 2007-04-19 | 2016-06-20 |
| GOLDING, Nicholas Philip Dunstan, Mr. | Director | 2003-11-17 | 2008-08-31 |
| HE, Junli | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2023-04-04 |
| IOAKIMIDES, Michael | Director | 2016-06-16 | 2019-07-05 |
| LI, Dong Mei | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2023-04-04 |
| LOTHIAN, Stuart Laird | Director | 1998-03-03 | 2006-04-20 |
| NEWTON, David Incesu | Director | 2019-03-21 | 2020-03-31 |
| PHILLIPS, Jennifer Natalie Kyndon | Director | 2013-12-18 | 2014-10-31 |
| SHAH, Harshitkumar Viryashchandra | Director | 2014-10-22 | 2018-01-29 |
| STACEY, Christopher Alan James | Director | 2019-06-11 | 2024-03-26 |
| STANTON, Mark | Director | 2007-04-19 | 2016-06-17 |
| SYMES, Philip Leslie | Director | 2018-04-09 | 2019-07-05 |
| WEBB, Brendan Grant | Director | 2017-01-17 | 2019-07-05 |
| WHITE, Stuart Alan | Director | 2016-01-08 | 2019-07-19 |
| WOOLF, Richard Anthony | Director | 1998-03-03 | 2007-02-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceg Colleges Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-31 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+19.2%
£18,688,000 £22,281,000
-
Cash
+4.9%
£268,000 £281,000
-
Net assets
+34.4%
£8,585,000 £11,536,000
-
Employees
+2%
199 203
-
Operating profit
+168.5%
£1,443,000 £3,874,000
-
Profit before tax
+168.5%
£1,443,000 £3,874,000
-
Wages
+3.9%
£6,508,000 £6,762,000
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