KAPLAN INTERNATIONAL COLLEGES U.K. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-08 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£15M
+16.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£85M
+29.8% vs 2023
Employees
1,472
+10.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£36M
+24.8% vs 2023
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 | £212,449,000 | £221,944,000 | |
| Operating profit | £24,348,000 | £30,513,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £28,958,000 | £36,143,000 | |
| Net profit | £23,039,000 | £28,496,000 | |
| Cash | £12,765,000 | £14,892,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £68,486,000 | £88,827,000 | |
| Net assets | £65,306,000 | £84,751,000 | |
| Equity | £65,306,000 | £84,751,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,329 | 1,472 | |
| Wages | £50,859,000 | £53,428,000 |
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 | 11.5% | 13.7% | |
| Net margin | 10.8% | 12.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 35.6% | 34.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.09x | 1.24x | |
| Interest cover | 16.73x | — |
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
- Bishop Fleming LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements disclose all matters of which we are aware that are relevant to the ability of the Group and Company to continue as a going concern, including all significant conditions and events, mitigating factors and plans. The Group and Company also have the intent and ability to take actions necessary to continue as a going concern and have obtained a letter of support from Graham Holdings Company (the ultimate parent company) which provides support for meeting our liabilities as and when they fall due, but only to the extent that money is not otherwise available to meet such liabilities. This support will take the form of cash injection or parent company guarantees where appropriate and the support has been provided for a minimum period of 12 months from the date of signing of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- KAPLAN INTERNATIONAL COLLEGES U.K. LIMITED · parent
- Kaplan NT Limited 100%
- Kaplan Glasgow Limited 100%
- Kaplan Liverpool Limited 100%
- Kaplan International College London Limited 100%
- Kaplan Brighton Limited 100%
- Kaplan UWE Limited 100%
- Kaplan Bournemouth Limited 100%
- Kaplan York Limited 100%
- Kaplan Colleges Private Limited 99%
- Kaplan International Colleges (Private) Limited 100%
- Kaplan International Colleges Limited 100%
- Kaplan Qatar Limited 100%
- Kaplan Nottingham Limited 100%
- Kaplan Estates Limited 100%
- Kaplan Partner Services HK Limited 100%
- Kaplan Essex Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There are no significant events subsequent to the Statement of Financial Position date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COWAN, Linda Helen | Director | 2020-06-09 | May 1969 | British |
| JONES, David | Director | 2009-11-30 | Apr 1952 | British |
| THICK, Andrew Vincent Alexander | Director | 2012-04-30 | May 1954 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATON, Susan Mary | Secretary | 2004-10-25 | 2012-02-23 |
| THE COMPANY REGISTRATION AGENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-10-25 | 2004-10-25 |
| DUPONT, Rachael Victoria | Director | 2014-12-23 | 2026-04-15 |
| HALL, Charles Edward Remy Morland | Director | 2004-10-25 | 2009-11-30 |
| HARTLEY, James William | Director | 2004-10-25 | 2006-08-09 |
| JONES, Hal Stanley | Director | 2004-10-25 | 2007-04-27 |
| MACPHERSON, William Robert George | Director | 2004-10-25 | 2007-08-01 |
| PATON, Susan Mary | Director | 2006-08-09 | 2012-02-23 |
| ROSE, Kevin Granville | Director | 2017-09-14 | 2020-12-21 |
| LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-10-25 | 2004-10-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaplan International Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 85 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-13 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-02-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-01-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+4.5%
£212,449,000 £221,944,000
-
Cash
+16.7%
£12,765,000 £14,892,000
-
Net assets
+29.8%
£65,306,000 £84,751,000
-
Employees
+10.8%
1,329 1,472
-
Operating profit
+25.3%
£24,348,000 £30,513,000
-
Profit before tax
+24.8%
£28,958,000 £36,143,000
-
Wages
+5.1%
£50,859,000 £53,428,000
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