ORION EDUCATION
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-10 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-32.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£125M
+0.2% vs 2024
Employees
683
-9.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£672K
+3,833.3% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ORION EDUCATION 2024-09-13 → present
- EDUCATION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY 2011-03-10 → 2024-09-13
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£18,000 | £672,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£18,000 | £672,000 | |
| Net profit | -£18,000 | £672,000 | |
| Cash | £4,897,000 | £3,304,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £124,502,000 | £124,792,000 | |
| Net assets | £124,502,000 | £124,792,000 | |
| Equity | £124,502,000 | £124,792,000 | |
| Average employees | 758 | 683 | |
| Wages | £24,569,000 | £24,987,000 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.0% | 0.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.0% | 2.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.85x | 2.29x | |
| Interest cover | -0.12x | 3.38x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of trustees has a reasonable expectation that the academy trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the board of trustees continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Disposals of land and buildings of £300k in the year related to the sale of a caretaker house at Orion Ravensworth.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRAKE, Paul | Secretary | 2026-02-23 | — | — |
| DEY, Indrajit | Director | 2022-09-21 | Jul 1970 | Indian |
| FIELD, Genevieve | Director | 2022-11-29 | Apr 1981 | British |
| GARRILL, Simon | Director | 2020-04-01 | Aug 1972 | British |
| HEMERY, Guillaume | Director | 2025-03-03 | Oct 1983 | British,French |
| JONES, Penelope Jane | Director | 2020-12-09 | Mar 1964 | British |
| NORMAN, Rachael Louise | Director | 2020-12-09 | Sep 1972 | British |
| ONABOLU, Lolade | Director | 2025-03-03 | Feb 1963 | British |
| PATEL, Krupesh Vinodkumar | Director | 2023-10-07 | Feb 1972 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Mark Benjamin | Director | 2018-12-10 | 2022-03-01 |
| ASHER-SMITH, Julie Anthea | Director | 2014-02-10 | 2015-08-31 |
| ATKINSON, Michael John | Director | 2014-02-10 | 2019-03-28 |
| BUCK, Amanda Louise | Director | 2014-06-16 | 2014-10-27 |
| DARLINGTON, Christopher | Director | 2014-09-22 | 2019-01-24 |
| DARLINGTON, Christopher | Director | 2011-03-10 | 2014-02-10 |
| DE SILVA, Natalie | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2020-01-29 |
| DEFRIEND, Richard | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2021-09-01 |
| DEMPSEY, Ann Patricia | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2019-07-31 |
| DOWNES, Andrew | Director | 2018-05-30 | 2018-07-20 |
| DRAKE, Marion | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2018-06-11 |
| FEATHERSTONE, Paul | Director | 2018-12-10 | 2022-08-31 |
| FREEBORN, David Mark | Director | 2018-06-27 | 2018-12-12 |
| FREEBORN, David Mark | Director | 2011-03-10 | 2014-10-27 |
| HADLEY, Peter | Director | 2014-06-03 | 2017-03-15 |
| HOLLYER, Brendan John | Director | 2020-12-09 | 2024-07-04 |
| JUDAH, Rosemary | Director | 2015-08-01 | 2019-01-24 |
| MCKIVETT, David John | Director | 2018-12-10 | 2022-08-31 |
| MEE, Ann | Director | 2019-05-07 | 2020-05-07 |
| MURPHY, Paul, Mr. | Director | 2011-03-10 | 2018-06-11 |
| RICHARDSON, Maureen Evelyn | Director | 2016-12-19 | 2018-05-15 |
| ROBERTSON, Susan Jane | Director | 2014-02-10 | 2015-08-31 |
| ROSKILLY, Neil | Director | 2020-12-09 | 2022-08-31 |
| ROTHON, Lisa | Director | 2018-05-14 | 2018-10-26 |
| SINGLETON, Claire Agnes | Director | 2019-03-09 | 2026-03-31 |
| TOOP, James Philip | Director | 2020-09-24 | 2025-05-31 |
| VINCENT, Nicholas Karl | Director | 2011-03-10 | 2018-10-15 |
| WHITBY, Mark | Director | 2018-12-10 | 2022-12-10 |
| WHITING, Catherine Lisa | Director | 2011-03-10 | 2018-06-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 107 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-13 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2024-09-13 NE01 Change of name exemption
- 2024-09-13 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-24 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-18 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-13 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-09-13 | NE01 | change-of-name | Change of name exemption | |
| 2024-09-13 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2024-08-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-32.5%
£4,897,000 £3,304,000
-
Net assets
+0.2%
£124,502,000 £124,792,000
-
Employees
-9.9%
758 683
-
Operating profit
+3,833.3%
-£18,000 £672,000
-
Profit before tax
+3,833.3%
-£18,000 £672,000
-
Wages
+1.7%
£24,569,000 £24,987,000
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