KAPLAN BRIGHTON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-12 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£852K
-28.5% vs 2023
Employees
64
+10.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£866K
+11.3% 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 | £11,132,000 | £11,638,000 | |
| Operating profit | £759,000 | £818,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £778,000 | £866,000 | |
| Net profit | £587,000 | £626,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,260,000 | £1,021,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,192,000 | £852,000 | |
| Equity | £1,192,000 | £852,000 | |
| Average employees | 58 | 64 | |
| Wages | £1,551,000 | £1,808,000 |
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 | 6.8% | 7.0% | |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 5.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 60.2% | 80.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.95x | 0.92x |
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
- 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 Company to continue as a going concern, including all significant conditions and events, mitigating factors and plans of the Company. The Company also has the intent and ability to take actions necessary to continue as a going concern, and has obtained a letter of support from Graham Holdings Company (the ultimate parent company) which provides support for meeting its 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 BRIGHTON LIMITED · parent
- Kaplan Partner Services (HK) Limited 10%
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
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, Andrew Gareth | Secretary | 2023-01-30 | — | — |
| COWAN, Linda Helen | Director | 2020-06-09 | May 1969 | British |
| JONES, David | Director | 2010-07-30 | Apr 1952 | British |
| THICK, Andrew Vincent Alexander | Director | 2012-04-30 | May 1954 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUPONT, Rachael Victoria | Secretary | 2017-09-14 | 2023-01-30 |
| PATON, Susan Mary | Secretary | 2010-07-30 | 2012-02-23 |
| PATON, Susan Mary | Director | 2010-07-30 | 2012-02-23 |
| ROSE, Kevin Granville | Director | 2017-09-14 | 2020-12-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaplan International Colleges U.K. Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 47 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-02-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-01 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary 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 full | |
| 2020-12-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-29 | 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
+4.5%
£11,132,000 £11,638,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-28.5%
£1,192,000 £852,000
-
Employees
+10.3%
58 64
-
Operating profit
+7.8%
£759,000 £818,000
-
Profit before tax
+11.3%
£778,000 £866,000
-
Wages
+16.6%
£1,551,000 £1,808,000
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