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Next accounts due

2026-10-31 (in 5mo)

Last filed for 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-07 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-03-24

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£2M

-22.5% vs 2024

Net assets

£7M

-45.3% vs 2024

Employees

321

+20.2% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£5M

+36.1% vs 2024

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED 2008-04-07 → present
  2. PARAGON TRAINING (DORSET) LIMITED 1998-03-18 → 2008-04-07

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31

Metric Trend 2024-01-312025-01-31
Turnover £19,531,808£25,272,939
Operating profit £3,812,345£5,176,662
Profit before tax £3,809,219£5,184,110
Net profit £3,334,840£4,675,909
Cash £2,551,360£1,976,870
Total assets less current liabilities £13,133,258£7,330,685
Net assets £12,930,146£7,070,480
Equity £12,930,146£7,070,480
Average employees 267321
Wages £9,057,346£11,002,799

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 2024-01-312025-01-31
Operating margin 19.5%20.5%
Net margin 17.1%18.5%
Return on capital employed 29.0%70.6%
Current ratio 6.42x3.00x
Interest cover 415.65x5694.90x

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
BDO LLP
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

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 22 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BOTHA, Mark David Director 2015-11-03 Sep 1976 British
HILLS, David Richard Director 2016-03-22 Dec 1970 British
SWAFFIELD, James Jonathan Director 2026-03-19 Aug 1979 British
Show 22 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BARNARD, Andrew Vivian Secretary 1999-04-01 2008-05-31
CARSWELL, Adam Peter Secretary 2008-05-31 2011-05-25
HUMPHRIES, Adrian Nicholas, Mr Secretary 1998-03-18 1999-04-01
THURSTON, Mark Secretary 2011-05-25 2015-03-31
EVERSECRETARY LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2015-03-31 2021-02-01
LDC NOMINEE SECRETARY LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2021-02-01 2021-12-31
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1998-03-18 1998-03-18
BARNARD, Andrew Vivian Director 1999-04-01 2007-12-31
BOGG, Dyson Peter Kelly Director 2012-07-30 2019-01-09
BRADFORD, John Thomas Director 2007-01-01 2008-04-02
BROOM, Kevin John Director 1998-03-18 2002-03-28
CARSWELL, Adam Peter Director 2008-08-18 2011-06-30
DAVIS, Rodney Edward Director 1998-03-18 2008-04-02
FREED, Gavin Mark Director 2007-05-08 2012-07-26
HUMPHRIES, Adrian Nicholas, Mr Director 1998-03-18 2008-04-02
O'KEEFE, Dan Director 2012-09-18 2014-11-24
PEARCE, Kenneth Warren Director 1998-03-18 2003-07-31
ROBERTS, Daniel Ivor Director 2007-11-05 2008-04-02
TAYLOR, Linda Elizabeth Ferguson Director 2004-01-01 2008-04-02
THURSTON, Mark Stuart Director 2011-05-25 2015-03-31
TICE, Geoffrey Malcolm Director 2004-05-10 2006-05-15
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1998-03-18 1998-03-18

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Knovia Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2024-08-02 Active
Paragon Education & Skills Group Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Ceased 2024-08-02

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 239 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2026-04-03 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2026-04-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2024-08-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-05-05 AD02 address Change sail address company with old address new address PDF
2026-04-03 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2026-04-03 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2026-03-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-03-25 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2026-03-20 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-10-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-03-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-03-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-11-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-08-05 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2024-08-05 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2024-08-02 SH19 capital Capital statement capital company with date currency figure
2024-08-02 CAP-SS insolvency Legacy
2024-08-02 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2024-08-02 SH20 capital Legacy
2024-03-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-03-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-10-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
7

last 12 months

Capital events
2

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31

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

Official Companies House page