AURORA FE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-27 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£533K
-75.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£18M
+48.2% vs 2024
Employees
290
+10.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£6M
+8.8% 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 | £16,351,832 | £18,077,342 | |
| Operating profit | £5,422,557 | £5,899,621 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,422,557 | £5,899,621 | |
| Net profit | £5,467,390 | £5,923,150 | |
| Cash | £2,170,516 | £533,471 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,322,137 | £18,226,054 | |
| Net assets | £12,288,409 | £18,211,559 | |
| Equity | £12,288,409 | £18,211,559 | |
| Average employees | 262 | 290 | |
| Wages | £7,051,871 | £8,030,450 |
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 | 33.2% | 32.6% | |
| Net margin | 33.4% | 32.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 44.0% | 32.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 33.9% | 25.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.52x | 3.46x |
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
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis, which the directors believe to be appropriate for the following reasons. The Company is a 100% owned subsidiary of Aurora Care and Education Holdings Limited, the parent company of The Aurora Group. The majority of the Company's liabilities represent amounts due to fellow Group companies. 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.”
Significant events
- “The Aurora Group gained certified B Corporation in July 2024 gaining a score that is ranked within the top 15% of all companies. This is a type of business that meets the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DONALD, Kelvin Scott | Director | 2025-08-20 | Aug 1985 | British |
| NORTHALL, Rebecca Louise | Director | 2023-05-02 | Jan 1979 | British |
| PEARSON, Sharon | Director | 2023-05-02 | Feb 1975 | British |
| SLATER, Daniel Mark | Director | 2018-11-14 | Mar 1988 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADSHAW, Stephen Wallace | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2018-05-01 |
| BRASSINGTON, Helen Elizabeth | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2018-09-26 |
| COSTELLO, Mark Richard | Director | 2020-11-05 | 2025-08-20 |
| MACK, Torsten Alexander | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2017-12-08 |
| PHIPPS, David George | Director | 2020-11-05 | 2022-09-02 |
| RAMALINGAM, Shayantharam | Director | 2018-11-14 | 2023-04-28 |
| RUDD, Kathryn Margaret | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2019-02-04 |
| YOUNG, Jeanette Helen | Director | 2019-04-23 | 2019-12-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Care And Education Opco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-11-23 | Active |
| Mr Stephen Wallace Bradshaw | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-14 | Ceased 2018-02-14 |
| Mr Torsten Alexander Mack | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-14 | Ceased 2017-12-08 |
| Octopus Administrative Services Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-10-14 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 60 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation 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 full | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-19 | 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 full | |
| 2022-01-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-12-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+10.6%
£16,351,832 £18,077,342
-
Cash
-75.4%
£2,170,516 £533,471
-
Net assets
+48.2%
£12,288,409 £18,211,559
-
Employees
+10.7%
262 290
-
Operating profit
+8.8%
£5,422,557 £5,899,621
-
Profit before tax
+8.8%
£5,422,557 £5,899,621
-
Wages
+13.9%
£7,051,871 £8,030,450
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