EF CORPORATE EDUCATION LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-23 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-09
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+7.1% vs 2023
Net assets
-£21M
-39.2% vs 2023
Employees
261
-5.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£7M
+23.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- EF CORPORATE EDUCATION LTD 2019-09-17 → present
- EF LEARNING LTD 2014-03-21 → 2019-09-17
- EF ONLINE LEARNING LTD 2010-11-09 → 2014-03-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £40,719,000 | £42,315,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£4,346,000 | -£4,651,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,361,000 | -£7,189,000 | |
| Net profit | -£9,361,000 | -£7,189,000 | |
| Cash | £1,980,000 | £2,121,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,643,000 | £18,855,000 | |
| Net assets | -£15,349,000 | -£21,364,000 | |
| Equity | -£15,349,000 | -£21,364,000 | |
| Average employees | 275 | 261 | |
| Wages | £14,519,000 | £12,569,000 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -10.7% | -11.0% | |
| Net margin | -23.0% | -17.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -16.9% | -24.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 128.8% | 140.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.84x | 0.57x | |
| Interest cover | -0.87x | -1.66x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are confident that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future as the underlying revenue development is strong and the company is supported by its parent. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- EF CORPORATE EDUCATION LTD · parent
- Ashridge Executive & Organisation Development Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Since the balance sheet date of 30 September 2024, the parent and controlling party has made a capital contribution of £55,001,000 to the company. Subsequent to the balance sheet date the company has repaid the loan amount of £46,000,000 and £4,571,000 of accrued interest as well as a payable amount of £4,430,000 (owed to affiliates) to EF Language Travel Group AG.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALDEN, Claes | Director | 2024-09-26 | Oct 1985 | Swedish |
| HARRIS-DEANS, Jannicke | Director | 2025-09-30 | Jul 1984 | Swedish |
| IISAKA, Youichi | Director | 2025-09-30 | Mar 1985 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENRIKSSON, Fredrik | Secretary | 2010-11-09 | 2012-10-29 |
| KARLSSON, Hans Andreas | Secretary | 2012-10-29 | 2015-01-15 |
| APPELKVIST, Jens | Director | 2019-11-15 | 2024-09-26 |
| BJUNE, Julie | Director | 2023-11-16 | 2025-09-30 |
| BOOTZ, Henrik | Director | 2015-03-24 | 2021-09-24 |
| HALL, Jonathan William Scambler | Director | 2012-01-10 | 2019-06-30 |
| HELLESTAM, Anna Louise Ulrika | Director | 2022-05-24 | 2023-12-21 |
| HENRIKSSON, Fredrik | Director | 2010-11-09 | 2012-10-29 |
| KARLSSON, Hans Andreas | Director | 2012-10-29 | 2015-01-15 |
| NORLIN, Henrik Turesson | Director | 2019-06-30 | 2022-05-24 |
| WALLSTROM, Carl Magnus | Director | 2019-11-15 | 2025-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bertil Eric Hult | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-11-07 | Ceased 2025-11-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 71 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-15 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-12-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-25 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+3.9%
£40,719,000 £42,315,000
-
Cash
+7.1%
£1,980,000 £2,121,000
-
Net assets
-39.2%
-£15,349,000 -£21,364,000
-
Employees
-5.1%
275 261
-
Operating profit
-7%
-£4,346,000 -£4,651,000
-
Profit before tax
+23.2%
-£9,361,000 -£7,189,000
-
Wages
-13.4%
£14,519,000 £12,569,000
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