TRIBAL EDUCATION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-06 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-46.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£22M
+27.2% vs 2023
Employees
453
-22% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+41.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- TRIBAL EDUCATION LIMITED 2001-04-05 → present
- OVAL (1622) LIMITED 2001-02-20 → 2001-04-05
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 | £60,200,000 | £57,389,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,401,000 | £5,639,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,391,000 | £4,784,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,187,000 | £4,175,000 | |
| Cash | £4,313,000 | £2,313,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,307,000 | £22,578,000 | |
| Net assets | £16,942,000 | £21,542,000 | |
| Equity | £16,942,000 | £21,542,000 | |
| Average employees | 581 | 453 | |
| Wages | £27,950,000 | £22,974,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 9.8% | |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 7.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.6% | 25.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.45x | 0.49x | |
| Interest cover | 10.76x | 5.70x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In assessing the Company's going concern position the Directors have considered all relevant facts, latest forecasts, an assessment of the risks faced by the Company and the wider Tribal Group, and considered potential changes in trading performance. In addition, management have sufficiently stress tested the latest Group forecasts to the point where either the Group cannot meet its liabilities or is in breach of banking covenants and have concluded that this position is highly unlikely. Accordingly, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and the foreseeable future. In addition, the company's directors are in receipt of an undertaking from the immediate parent company to provide financial assistance for a period of at least one year to enable the company to continue to meet its obligations as they fall due. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- TRIBAL EDUCATION LIMITED · parent
- Tribal Systems Canada Limited 100%
- Tribal Group PTY Limited 100%
- Human Edge Software Corporation PTY Ltd* 100%
- Tribal Campus PTY Limited* 100%
- Callista Software Services PTY Limited* 100%
- Tribal Software Philippines INC* 100%
- Tribal Group (Malaysia) SDN 100%
- Tribal Group Asset Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 November 2023 the trade and assets of the UK Etio business was transferred to a fellow group undertaking. The contracts that remain in Tribal Education Limited mainly fall under the Abu Dhabi branch of which its trade has yet to transition over. This is anticipated to transfer in the second half of 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCINTYRE, Diane Josephine, Cfo | Director | 2021-06-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
| PICKETT, Mark Jeremy | Director | 2016-07-18 | Feb 1961 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, Richard Hawke | Secretary | 2005-02-18 | 2010-03-31 |
| DAVIS, Lorraine Anne | Secretary | 2010-04-01 | 2011-05-26 |
| LAWTON, Simon Marcus | Secretary | 2001-03-26 | 2005-02-18 |
| OVALSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-02-20 | 2001-03-26 |
| AKE, Christopher David | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2011-08-15 |
| BOWLES, Ian James | Director | 2016-03-02 | 2018-08-28 |
| BREACH, Stephen Derrick | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2016-07-18 |
| CHAMBERS, James Robert | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2007-10-31 |
| EVANS, Keith Martin, Dr | Director | 2011-04-28 | 2015-06-30 |
| GARNER, Robert Charles | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2016-03-02 |
| GARNETT, Jonathan William | Director | 2009-01-06 | 2011-04-30 |
| LAST, Richard | Director | 2018-08-28 | 2021-06-14 |
| LAWTON, Simon Marcus | Director | 2001-03-26 | 2009-12-31 |
| MARTIN, Peter John | Director | 2001-05-11 | 2011-04-30 |
| MYCHALKIW, Petro | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2006-06-30 |
| PITMAN, Henry John | Director | 2001-03-26 | 2007-06-04 |
| SIMPSON, John Francis | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2008-08-05 |
| SIMPSON, John Francis | Director | 2001-03-26 | 2006-03-31 |
| TYNE, Paul John | Director | 2007-01-15 | 2009-03-31 |
| OVAL NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-02-20 | 2001-03-26 |
| OVALSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-02-20 | 2001-03-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tribal Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-02-20 | 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
-4.7%
£60,200,000 £57,389,000
-
Cash
-46.4%
£4,313,000 £2,313,000
-
Net assets
+27.2%
£16,942,000 £21,542,000
-
Employees
-22%
581 453
-
Operating profit
+65.8%
£3,401,000 £5,639,000
-
Profit before tax
+41.1%
£3,391,000 £4,784,000
-
Wages
-17.8%
£27,950,000 £22,974,000
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