AAP EDUCATION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-03 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-4.4% vs 2024
Net assets
-£485K
-126.4% vs 2024
Employees
126
-21.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2M
+47.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- AAP EDUCATION LIMITED 2023-06-06 → present
- PEARSON COLLEGE LIMITED 2012-02-28 → 2023-06-06
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 | £7,687,000 | £8,724,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£4,068,000 | -£1,722,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,420,000 | -£2,320,000 | |
| Net profit | -£4,420,000 | -£2,320,000 | |
| Cash | £1,296,000 | £1,239,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,835,000 | -£485,000 | |
| Equity | £1,835,000 | -£485,000 | |
| Average employees | 161 | 126 | |
| Wages | £6,533,000 | £4,791,000 |
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 | -52.9% | -19.7% | |
| Net margin | -57.5% | -26.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.11x | 1.13x | |
| Interest cover | -11.56x | -2.88x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has sufficient working capital and cash to cover further forecast losses (through to the achievement of a break-even position and subsequent profitability). Therefore, the directors are satisfied that preparing the financial statements on a going concern basis for the twelve-month period after the signing of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “The company secured its Student Route sponsor licence via UKVI in April 2024, enabling it to offer places to international students.”
- “The sale of the company by Pearson PLC on 31 May 2023.”
- “In 2023, the company and the University of Kent agreed to exit their validation agreement meaning that degrees for students from the 2024/25 academic year and beyond will not be validated by the University of Kent.”
- “The exit agreement with the University of Kent makes provision for an Escrowed sum of £750k to meet the full costs of any teach out.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUNN, Ian Keith, Professor | Director | 2023-06-05 | Mar 1968 | British |
| DUSST, Emal | Director | 2023-06-05 | Jun 1982 | American |
| FARWELL, Ruth Sarah, Professor | Director | 2017-06-01 | Feb 1954 | British |
| LATHAM, John Charles | Director | 2023-06-01 | Mar 1969 | British |
| LAWSON, Daniel Paul | Director | 2023-11-30 | Feb 1981 | British |
| MORRISON, Anne Catherine | Director | 2017-06-01 | Aug 1959 | British |
| PALMER, Ian John | Director | 2017-06-01 | Jun 1966 | British |
| PRICE, Robin Mark Dodgson | Director | 2020-11-26 | Apr 1956 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KANVINDE, Julie | Secretary | 2017-05-02 | 2020-01-10 |
| LOCKIE, Victoria Mary | Secretary | 2012-02-28 | 2014-12-01 |
| WHITE, Natalie Jane | Secretary | 2014-12-01 | 2023-05-26 |
| WILLIAMS, Katherine Anne | Secretary | 2020-07-30 | 2024-02-08 |
| ALLAN, Russell Laurence | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2017-06-01 |
| BRISTOW, Kenneth Roderick | Director | 2012-02-28 | 2017-07-10 |
| DOCHERTY, David, Dr | Director | 2020-07-30 | 2023-06-05 |
| FELDMAN, Paul Barrie | Director | 2020-03-24 | 2023-06-05 |
| GATES, Gary, Dr | Director | 2020-03-24 | 2023-05-26 |
| HILL, Naomi Juliet | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2020-11-26 |
| JACKSON, Stephen | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2020-07-30 |
| JOHNSON, Sally Kate Miranda | Director | 2013-12-01 | 2015-10-31 |
| KIRK, Robyn Maisie Ella | Director | 2021-07-22 | 2022-05-26 |
| KNIGHT, John Austen | Director | 2012-02-28 | 2013-12-01 |
| LOCKIE, Victoria Mary | Director | 2012-02-28 | 2015-01-23 |
| MACDONALD, Sarah | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2023-11-30 |
| MCGOWAN, Paul Andrew | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2019-11-12 |
| MOSS, Andy Simon John | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2018-04-17 |
| SCOBIE, Charles Keith | Director | 2015-01-23 | 2016-08-08 |
| SHERET, Catriona Ann, Ms. | Director | 2014-12-17 | 2017-06-01 |
| STOCKWELL, Roxanne Tracey | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2022-11-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Paul Mark | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2016-07-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aap Education Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-05-31 | Active |
| Longman Group (Overseas Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-05-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 109 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-06-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-06-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-02 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2024-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-09-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-06-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-06-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
+13.5%
£7,687,000 £8,724,000
-
Cash
-4.4%
£1,296,000 £1,239,000
-
Net assets
-126.4%
£1,835,000 -£485,000
-
Employees
-21.7%
161 126
-
Operating profit
+57.7%
-£4,068,000 -£1,722,000
-
Profit before tax
+47.5%
-£4,420,000 -£2,320,000
-
Wages
-26.7%
£6,533,000 £4,791,000
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