AURORA CARE AND EDUCATION HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-14 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
+23.9% vs 2024
Net assets
-£19M
+24.3% vs 2024
Employees
1,592
+22.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£6M
+1,242.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £74,072,499 | £92,802,034 | |
| Operating profit | £5,437,593 | £7,850,060 | |
| Profit before tax | -£531,928 | £6,075,471 | |
| Net profit | -£2,542,547 | £6,099,641 | |
| Cash | £5,391,181 | £6,677,384 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £57,185,467 | £72,906,091 | |
| Net assets | -£25,104,880 | -£19,005,165 | |
| Equity | -£25,104,880 | -£19,005,165 | |
| Average employees | 1,298 | 1,592 | |
| Wages | £38,253,006 | £48,575,017 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.3% | 8.5% | |
| Net margin | -3.4% | 6.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.5% | 10.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 128.2% | 116.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.70x | 0.65x | |
| Interest cover | 0.91x | 4.42x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has received a letter of support from the directors of the Octopus Group Holdings Limited; the indirect parent company; which states it will continue to provide financial support to enable the Company to meet all its current and future obligations for a period of at least 12 months from date of signing of these financial statements. Based on this undertaking the directors believe that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- AURORA CARE AND EDUCATION HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Aurora Care and Education Midco Limited 100%
- Aurora Care and Education Opco Limited 100%
- Aurora Meldreth Limited 100%
- Beechkeys Properties Limited 100%
- Beechkeys Limited 100%
- Aurora ASD Limited 100%
- Aurora FE Limited 100%
- Trybond Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 28 February 2025, the Company disposed of the wholly owned subsidiary Aurora LD Limited as part of a strategic realignment to focus on core operations. The disposal generated proceeds of £1.4m and resulted in an exceptional loss on disposal of £892,258.”
- “On 2 May 2025, the Company acquired 100% of the share capital of Q&S Limited for headline enterprise value before working capital and cash adjustments of £29,037,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COSTELLO, Mark Richard | Director | 2020-11-05 | Apr 1978 | British |
| DONALD, Kelvin Scott | Director | 2025-09-08 | Aug 1985 | British |
| NORTHALL, Rebecca Louise | Director | 2023-05-02 | Jan 1979 | British |
| PEARSON, Sharon | Director | 2023-05-02 | Feb 1975 | British |
| RAMALINGAM, Shayantharam | Director | 2015-10-01 | Aug 1976 | British |
| ROGERSON, Simon Andrew | Director | 2025-09-08 | Jul 1974 | British |
| SLATER, Daniel Mark | Director | 2019-05-02 | Mar 1988 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, Michael William | Director | 2016-12-08 | 2018-02-23 |
| BAIRD, Rory Mark Heriot | Director | 2022-01-17 | 2023-05-22 |
| BAKER, Graham | Director | 2021-04-30 | 2025-06-13 |
| BRADSHAW, Stephen Wallace | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2018-07-18 |
| COWING, Helen Gaye | Director | 2018-03-14 | 2019-03-28 |
| DAVIS, Benjamin Thomas Kidd | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2016-12-08 |
| MACK, Torsten Alexander | Director | 2015-10-29 | 2017-12-08 |
| PHIPPS, David George | Director | 2020-11-05 | 2022-09-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephen Wallace Bradshaw | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-02-14 |
| Mr Torsten Alexander Mack | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-12-08 |
| Octopus Administrative Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 83 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-10-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-10-26 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+25.3%
£74,072,499 £92,802,034
-
Cash
+23.9%
£5,391,181 £6,677,384
-
Net assets
+24.3%
-£25,104,880 -£19,005,165
-
Employees
+22.7%
1,298 1,592
-
Operating profit
+44.4%
£5,437,593 £7,850,060
-
Profit before tax
+1,242.2%
-£531,928 £6,075,471
-
Wages
+27%
£38,253,006 £48,575,017
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