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AQA EDUCATION

#03644723 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 1998-09-30 (27y 8m) · Last filing 2026-04-29 (1mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 85310 · P Education · Group accounts

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2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-11 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-09-27

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£101M

+13% vs 2024

Net assets

£162M

-1.8% vs 2024

Employees

1,798

+1.6% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£14M

-11.1% vs 2024

Watchouts

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

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

  1. AQA EDUCATION 2012-10-01 → present
  2. ASSESSMENT AND QUALIFICATIONS ALLIANCE 1998-11-30 → 2012-10-01
  3. ASSESSMENT & QUALIFICATIONS ALLIANCE 1998-09-30 → 1998-11-30

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-31
Turnover £248,974,000£272,411,000
Operating profit -£3,202,000£6,898,000
Profit before tax £15,416,000£13,706,000
Net profit £13,816,000£13,706,000
Cash £89,170,000£100,770,000
Total assets less current liabilities £155,346,000£168,726,000
Net assets £164,601,000£161,622,000
Equity £164,601,000£161,622,000
Average employees 1,7691,798
Wages £75,496,000£77,545,000

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 2024-03-312025-03-31
Operating margin -1.3%2.5%
Net margin 5.5%5.0%
Return on capital employed -2.1%4.1%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 58.4%60.8%
Current ratio -1.11x-1.20x
Interest cover -43.86x172.45x

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
Consolidated group
Auditor
BDO LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' 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 Group and the Parent Charitable 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.”

Group structure

  1. AQA EDUCATION · parent
    1. AQA Assessment Services Limited 100% · provider of data capture bureau offering scanning services, and provides the online marking platform used by examiners and markers.
    2. AQA Commercial Services Limited 100% · intermediate holding company with trading subsidiaries underneath.
    3. AlphaPlus Consultancy Limited 100% · education service business that provides advisory, development and digital solutions for standards, assessment and certification.
    4. Training Qualifications UK Limited 100% · End-Point Assessment Organisation built on innovation and technology that is supporting the UK qualification and assessment sector.
    5. Doublestruck Limited 100% · provider of online databases of past paper questions for primary and secondary schools to support high quality, focused teaching and assessment for all ages.
    6. GradeMaker Limited 100% · provides assessment authoring and item banking technology, used around the world to create high stakes examination papers and other assessments.
    7. Blutick Limited 100% · operated as an AI-driven platform, which supported the teaching, learning and assessment of Key Stage 3, GCSE and A-level Mathematics.
    8. AC3 Solutions Limited 100% · provides a project management and reporting tool designed for the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) submissions.
    9. Oxford International AQA Examinations Limited 50% · United Kingdom · offers a suite of international GCSE, AS and A-level qualifications to schools outside the UK that teach a British curriculum.

Significant events

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

People

13 active · 87 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
STEVENS, Nicholas Martin Secretary 2017-04-01 — —
ABEDI, Mana Director 2025-10-07 Nov 1968 British
ALLEN, Mark Barry Lindon Director 2022-09-01 Oct 1962 British
ALOZIE, Jennese Rachael Director 2025-10-01 Aug 1972 British
EWING, Hilary Ann Director 2024-04-01 May 1955 British
HALL, Thomas Joseph Director 2022-09-01 Mar 1980 British
HEALD, Claire Louise Director 2025-10-01 Sep 1978 British
HUGHES, Colin Director 2020-09-01 Mar 1958 British
JACKSON, Thomas John Director 2024-05-01 Aug 1972 British
LAWS, David Anthony Director 2024-12-10 Nov 1965 British
O'DONOGHUE, Deirdre Mary Director 2021-07-01 Mar 1964 Irish
ROBINSON, Steven Vears Director 2025-10-07 May 1968 British
SMITH, Paula Director 2023-01-01 Oct 1966 Irish,British
Show 87 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
COX, Robert James Secretary 2004-11-01 2013-07-05
CRESSWELL, Michael, Dr Secretary 2003-10-01 2004-10-31
NUNN, Darryl George Secretary 2013-07-05 2017-03-31
TATTERSALL, Kathleen Secretary 1998-09-30 2003-09-30
ANDREW, John Ian Director 1998-09-30 2000-04-05
ASH, John Edward, Dr Director 2002-04-01 2005-03-30
ATKINSON, Brian Edward Director 1999-10-01 2000-11-27
AXON, Thomas Director 1998-09-30 2000-04-05
AYLWARD, Karen Sheelagh Joan Director 2009-04-01 2010-02-19
BAKER, Christopher Noel Director 2003-04-01 2006-03-31
BAKER, Paul John Director 2005-04-01 2008-03-31
BATTYE, David Director 2001-04-01 2004-03-31
BEATTIE, John Allan Director 1998-09-30 1999-03-16
BEDLOW, Mark Richard Director 2019-09-09 2020-08-31
BIRCHALL, David Frank Director 1998-09-30 2008-03-31
BOOTH, Anthony John Director 2000-04-05 2006-04-30
BRADFORD, Stanley Thomas Director 1999-10-01 2005-07-08
BRAMWELL, Mark James Director 2012-05-25 2021-08-01
CAVANAGH, Diana Lesley Director 1998-09-30 2008-03-31
CHAMBERS, Delyth Protheroe Director 2003-04-01 2014-03-31
CLARKE, Catherine Margaret Director 2000-04-05 2002-03-31
CLIFT, Miriam Director 2006-04-01 2010-06-29
COLEMAN, Margaret Ellen Director 1999-12-07 2002-07-10
COOKSON, Brian David Director 2004-04-01 2015-03-31
DAHL, James Edward Lenygon Director 2020-01-20 2026-01-20
DARBY, Harry Jonathan Director 2005-04-01 2008-07-02
DELL, Avelyn Joyce Director 2005-04-01 2006-10-13
DENNER, Philip William Director 1998-09-30 2002-03-31
DEVLIN, Linda Director 2001-04-01 2003-12-12
ELWOOD, Jannette, Prof Director 2007-10-17 2016-03-31
FENTON, Shaun Alan Director 2012-06-01 2018-02-28
FITT, Jeremy John Director 2000-04-05 2001-03-31
FRANKLIN, Raoul Norman, Professor Director 1998-09-30 2003-03-31
FROST, Anne Elizabeth Director 2024-04-01 2026-04-27
GALSWORTHY, Peter John Director 2002-04-01 2011-03-31
GATEHOUSE, Andrew Nigel Director 2004-04-01 2013-03-31
GLYN, Godfrey Harold Director 2001-04-01 2010-03-31
GODWIN, John Cecil Director 1998-09-30 1999-09-30
GRANT, Martin James Director 2012-04-01 2017-02-15
GRAY, Paul Director 2000-04-05 2002-02-08
GREENWAY, Elizabeth Ann Director 1998-09-30 2001-03-31
GREEVES, Felicity Marion Director 2007-04-01 2018-03-31
GRIFFITHS, Michael, Sir Director 2014-04-01 2020-03-31
GUTHRIE, Vincent Bruce Director 1998-09-30 2009-03-31
HADAWI, Ali, Dr Director 2021-07-01 2024-06-30
HALL, Andrew Director 2012-02-16 2017-08-31
HARDING, John Edmond, Professor Director 2002-10-01 2004-04-01
HAWKER, David Gordon Director 2003-04-01 2005-02-11
HENSHAW, Jacqueline Louise, Dr Director 2002-04-01 2003-06-03
HIRD, Philippa Jane Director 2015-04-01 2022-03-31
HOLLY, Michael Charles, Councillor Director 2006-07-04 2015-03-31
HUSBANDS, Christopher Roy, Professor Director 2006-10-20 2008-10-28
JACKSON, Grenville William Director 2011-09-01 2020-03-31
JAMES, David Edward, Professor Director 2000-04-05 2002-09-30
JOHNSON, John Anthony Director 2010-07-06 2017-03-31
JOLLIFFE, Thomas Bede Hylton Director 1998-09-30 2004-03-31
JUPE, Jennifer Pauline Alice Director 2006-04-01 2008-10-13
KEABLE, Howard Roland, Dr Director 2000-04-05 2003-03-31
KITCATT, Elizabeth Director 2017-04-01 2026-03-31
KIYANI, Nadeem Maqsood Director 2017-07-05 2023-04-01
KNOWLES, James Donald, Professor Director 2022-04-21 2025-04-21
LAYZELL, Paul John, Professor Director 2004-04-01 2017-05-09
LEE, James Stuart, Major General Director 1998-09-30 2002-03-31
LILLEY, Terence Henry, Professor Director 1998-09-30 2001-03-31
LUPTON, Susan Margaret Director 2005-04-01 2014-03-31
MACLAREN, Andrew Sutherland Director 2009-05-01 2011-02-25
MARSDEN, John Alan Director 1998-09-30 1999-09-30
MARTINI, Lara Rolande Elda Director 2021-07-01 2024-01-01
MASON, Peter Richard, Dr Director 2001-04-01 2010-03-31
MILLN, Angela Susan Director 2006-04-01 2017-03-31
MODAN, Amina Bibi Ali Director 2020-01-23 2022-09-30
MOORE, Susan Margaret Director 2013-04-01 2022-07-31
MYERS, Trevor Alfred, Doctor Director 1998-09-30 2000-04-05
NAQUSHBANDI, Lara Director 2015-04-01 2017-08-31
NATHAN, Simon Director 2011-04-01 2011-12-21
NESBITT, Paul Anthony Director 2015-07-01 2019-07-31
NICHOLSON, Elizabeth Anne Joy Director 2001-04-01 2002-11-28
NICHOLSON, Mary Josephine Director 2000-04-05 2001-03-31
NICHOLSON, Michael George Director 2023-11-03 2025-07-31
NICHOLSON, Michael George Director 2016-04-01 2023-06-30
OJJA, Mohsen Director 2023-01-01 2024-12-05
OLDHAM, Mark Director 2000-04-05 2006-07-12
ORR, Murray Leonard Director 2023-05-11 2025-11-24
PARKER, Alan Director 2006-05-01 2013-03-31
PERCIVAL, David Franklin Hayward Director 1999-10-01 2000-04-05
PHILLIPS, Jonathan Pitt, Professor Director 2014-04-01 2020-03-31
PREECE, Peter Frederick William, Prof Director 1998-09-30 2009-03-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 348 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-29 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-04-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-04-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-03-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-01-21 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-01-08 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-12-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-11-26 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-10-10 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-10-08 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-10-08 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-10-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-10-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-08-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-04-22 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-04-02 AD04 address Move registers to registered office company with new address PDF
2024-12-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-12-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-12-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-12-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
14

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
4

last 12 months

Officers resigned
5

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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

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

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