CAMBRIDGE ASSESSMENT OVERSEAS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-10 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-32.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£1M
+40.2% vs 2024
Employees
64
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£349K
-6.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,632,000 | £11,643,000 | |
| Operating profit | £416,000 | £389,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £373,000 | £349,000 | |
| Net profit | £302,000 | £316,000 | |
| Cash | £2,164,000 | £1,468,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £787,000 | £1,103,000 | |
| Net assets | £787,000 | £1,103,000 | |
| Equity | £787,000 | £1,103,000 | |
| Average employees | 64 | 64 | |
| Wages | £2,655,000 | £2,770,000 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 52.9% | 35.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.98x | 1.19x | |
| Interest cover | 9.24x | 9.26x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The financial statements have therefore been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- CAMBRIDGE ASSESSMENT OVERSEAS LIMITED · parent
- Cambridge Consulting (Beijing) Co. Limited 100%
- Cambridge Assessment India Private Limited 99%
- Cambridge Assessment Pakistan (Private) Limited 99.97%
Significant events
- “The intention is to make an annual gift aid payment of the Company's distributable profits, as appropriate, to the University of Cambridge subsequent to the approval of the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KELLY, Fiona Margaret | Secretary | 2023-11-15 | — | — |
| MCPHEE, Vanessa Lyndsay | Director | 2020-08-17 | Jan 1976 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Peter Andrew Jestyn | Director | 2021-08-01 | May 1962 | British |
| SHERET, Catriona Ann, Ms. | Director | 2023-03-27 | Sep 1970 | British |
| WOODWARD, Francesca Margaret Anne | Director | 2019-03-01 | Aug 1975 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIOT, Jennifer | Secretary | 2018-09-11 | 2023-11-15 |
| KNIGHT, Susan Jane | Secretary | 2007-05-31 | 2018-08-01 |
| JOHNSON, Roger | Director | 2013-12-20 | 2014-08-15 |
| LEBUS, Simon David | Director | 2007-05-31 | 2018-04-13 |
| MILANOVIC, Michael, Dr | Director | 2007-05-31 | 2013-12-20 |
| NASSE, Saul Edward | Director | 2014-08-15 | 2021-08-01 |
| NUTTALL, Anne Christine | Director | 2018-04-13 | 2019-03-01 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Michael Joseph | Director | 2013-04-09 | 2018-04-13 |
| PUNTIS, Ann | Director | 2007-05-31 | 2013-04-01 |
| RIPPETH, Jacqueline | Director | 2007-05-31 | 2020-08-17 |
| ÖZDEN, Christine Anne | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2023-03-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 78 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-04 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-30 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-11-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-26 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2021-08-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-08-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+9.5%
£10,632,000 £11,643,000
-
Cash
-32.2%
£2,164,000 £1,468,000
-
Net assets
+40.2%
£787,000 £1,103,000
-
Employees
0%
64 64
-
Operating profit
-6.5%
£416,000 £389,000
-
Profit before tax
-6.4%
£373,000 £349,000
-
Wages
+4.3%
£2,655,000 £2,770,000
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