SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-02 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+18.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
+10.6% vs 2024
Employees
64
-5.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY LIMITED 2003-04-04 → present
- SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY (LONDON) LIMITED 2001-02-13 → 2003-04-04
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,312,831 | £4,284,395 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£112 | £334,639 | |
| Cash | £3,442,912 | £4,086,937 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,143,483 | £3,478,122 | |
| Net assets | £3,143,483 | £3,478,122 | |
| Equity | £3,143,483 | £3,478,122 | |
| Average employees | 68 | 64 | |
| Wages | £2,925,669 | £2,687,741 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -0.0% | 7.8% | |
| Current ratio | 4.04x | 4.31x |
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
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY LIMITED · parent
- SEO Connect Limited 100%
Significant events
- “encourage more undergraduate students from the above referenced under-represented communities to consider a career in supported industries and to make applications for internships and graduate positions in these industries;”
- “increase the support of secondary school students from these communities earlier in the academic cycle (specifically in the latter years of secondary school) to ensure that greater numbers of students successfully achieve their academic potential;”
- “create a vibrant and self-sustaining alumni community which provides lifelong benefits to SEO London programme participants and a vehicle for alumni to give back to the next generation of young people;”
- “provide the highest levels of training, mentoring and support to those selected for the various programmes; and”
- “work with sponsor firms to increase the number of such students successful in securing places on their talent programmes.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASHCROFT, Zoe Jane | Secretary | 2014-01-01 | — | — |
| ABBAS, Ausaf Akhtar | Director | 2008-01-10 | Jun 1960 | British |
| AGARWAL, Mohit Kumar | Director | 2014-05-07 | Apr 1979 | British |
| AGBO BLOUA, Kokou | Director | 2023-12-14 | Mar 1978 | British,French,Togolese |
| ASHCROFT, Zoe Jane | Director | 2003-07-14 | Oct 1965 | British |
| CHAMBERLAIN, Karen | Director | 2025-03-25 | Dec 1978 | British |
| EJIKEME, Kene | Director | 2024-03-27 | Jan 1982 | British |
| FAIRBAIRN, Andrew Amiel | Director | 2022-07-01 | Oct 1974 | American |
| HUTCHINSON, Pamela Susan | Director | 2024-01-30 | Nov 1966 | British |
| SHAH, Devesh Pradeep | Director | 2022-02-17 | May 1975 | American |
| WADHERA, Naveen | Director | 2024-01-30 | Apr 1977 | American |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRANITE, Jason | Secretary | 2001-02-13 | 2002-10-01 |
| PERSAUD, Roxanne Arrianne | Secretary | 2002-12-01 | 2003-04-07 |
| WITHEY, Alexander Paul David | Secretary | 2003-04-14 | 2012-07-03 |
| BOOKER, Walter | Director | 2001-02-13 | 2006-12-31 |
| FAIRBAIRN, Andrew | Director | 2001-02-13 | 2016-08-28 |
| GRANITE, Jason | Director | 2001-02-13 | 2002-10-01 |
| GROSE, Nishi Somaiya | Director | 2014-05-07 | 2024-12-19 |
| LO, Sonia | Director | 2002-12-01 | 2003-11-10 |
| MARANGU, Mutuma Elvin | Director | 2001-08-31 | 2023-12-14 |
| OSHEOWITZ, Michael | Director | 2001-02-13 | 2024-03-27 |
| SESSON, Randolph | Director | 2001-03-09 | 2022-06-30 |
| SHAH, Devesh Pradeep | Director | 2024-01-30 | 2024-01-30 |
| SPIVEY, Paul | Director | 2001-02-13 | 2003-05-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Milton | Director | 2001-02-13 | 2002-12-01 |
| WITHEY, Alexander Paul David | Director | 2002-12-01 | 2012-07-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andrew Amiel Fairbairn | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-07-01 | Active |
| Mr Devesh Pradeep Shah | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-02-17 | Active |
| Mrs Nishi Somaiya Grose | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-01-30 |
| Mr Michael William Osheowitz | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-01-30 |
| Mr Mohit Kumar Agarwal | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-01-24 |
| Mr Mutuma Elvin Marangu | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-12-14 |
| Mr Randolph Sesson Jnr | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-06-30 |
| Mr Ausaf Akhtar Abbas | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Ms Zoe Jane Ashcroft | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-29 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-04-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-09 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-05 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-09 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
-0.7%
£4,312,831 £4,284,395
-
Cash
+18.7%
£3,442,912 £4,086,937
-
Net assets
+10.6%
£3,143,483 £3,478,122
-
Employees
-5.9%
68 64
-
Wages
-8.1%
£2,925,669 £2,687,741
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