COGENT SKILLS LIMITED

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  7 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

RSM UK Audit LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Trading and cashflow forecasts have been prepared through until December 2027 which take account of the current environment and possible future developments. Cash is managed on a group level and the cash balances and available facilities, along with forecast results, are sufficient to remove any concerns over liquidity and the going concern basis of preparation of the accounts.”

Group structure

1. COGENT SKILLS LIMITED · parent
   1. Cogent SSC Limited 100% · Scotland · Education and training
   2. National Skills Academy for Nuclear Limited 100% · England · Education and training
   3. Cogent Skills Training Limited 100% · England · Education and training
   4. Cogent Skills Services Limited 100% · England · Promotion of Technical Apprenticeships
   5. Science Industry Assessment Service Limited 100% · England · Administration services

Significant events

• “Successfully supported the launch of the industry backed Nuclear Skills Plan.”
• “Produced a detailed workforce analysis for the Life Sciences Futures Collaboration.”
• “Development of the Hydrogen Skills Strategy, incorporating innovative frameworks for eight new occupational standards.”
• “Launched Not Just Lab Coats (NJLC), a careers platform.”
• “SIAS successfully achieved Ofqual recognition, launching its first qualifications and earning the distinction of EPA of the Year.”
• “Cogent became the first registered training provider for the Battery Manufacturing Technician apprenticeship in 2024.”
• “Achieved recognition as a Times Great Place to Work, Disability Confident, Menopause Friendly and a shortlisting for best ED&I strategy at a prestigious national HR awards.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

10

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

7

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +54%

  £13,287,000 → £20,468,000

• Cash

  -6.3%

  £1,916,000 → £1,796,000

• Net assets

  +37%

  £1,996,000 → £2,735,000

• Employees

  +19.3%

  88 → 105

• Operating profit

  +187.9%

  £231,000 → £665,000

• Profit before tax

  +169.5%

  £275,000 → £741,000

• Wages

  +26.6%

  £3,995,000 → £5,059,000

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