ARK SCHOOLS

1. ARK SCHOOLS 2010-09-01 → present
2. ARK ACADEMIES 2006-07-10 → 2010-09-01
3. ABSOLUTE RETURN FOR KIDS (ARK) EDUCATION 2004-05-12 → 2006-07-10
4. ABSOLUTE RETURN FOR KIDS (ARK) EDUCATION LIMITED 2004-04-26 → 2004-05-12

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Buzzacott Audit LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Despite the challenges of the current economic climate, the trustees are confident that Ark Schools has sufficient resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future. The trustees have looked at the financial position, including income, expenditure, and reserves, and the potential impact on our beneficiaries, and employees. While we acknowledge the increased cost pressures on the day-to-day operations, we do not consider these to be a cause for material uncertainty in respect of Ark Schools' ability to continue as a going concern.”

Group structure

1. ARK SCHOOLS · parent
   1. Ark Academies Projects Limited 100% · England and Wales · provision of nursery education and the letting of facilities

Significant events

• “In 2024, we opened the doors to EdCity - a £150 million investment in west London providing facilities for learning, living and working.”

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

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

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.

• Turnover

  +6.4%

  £270,100,000 → £287,300,000

• Cash

  -24.7%

  £15,582,000 → £11,731,000

• Net assets

  -0.2%

  £506,550,000 → £505,485,000

• Employees

  -0.4%

  3,423 → 3,408

• Operating profit

  +373.3%

  -£1,500,000 → £4,100,000

• Wages

  +5.5%

  £155,477,000 → £164,003,000

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