KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION UK (LIVERPOOL) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-16 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-02
Watchouts
Cash
£215K
+4.9% vs 2023
Net assets
-£5M
+16.7% vs 2023
Employees
79
+11.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+238.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION UK (LIVERPOOL) LIMITED 2026-02-27 → present
- KAPLAN OPEN LEARNING (LIVERPOOL) LIMITED 2019-05-03 → 2026-02-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,125,000 | £9,400,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£865,000 | £1,197,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£865,000 | £1,197,000 | |
| Net profit | -£730,000 | £920,000 | |
| Cash | £205,000 | £215,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£5,502,000 | -£4,582,000 | |
| Net assets | -£5,502,000 | -£4,582,000 | |
| Equity | -£5,502,000 | -£4,582,000 | |
| Average employees | 71 | 79 | |
| Wages | £2,450,000 | £2,830,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -14.1% | 12.7% | |
| Net margin | -11.9% | 9.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.7% | -26.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.66x | 0.67x |
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
- Bishop Fleming LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company also has the intent and ability to take actions necessary to continue as a going concern, and has obtained a letter of support from Graham Holdings Company (the ultimate parent company) which provides support for meeting its liabilities as and when they fall due, but only to the extent that money is not otherwise available to meet such liabilities. This support will take the form of cash injection or parent company guarantees where appropriate and the support has been provided for a minimum period of 12 months from the date of signing of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Covid pandemic led to a rise in competitors within the online distance learning market, resulting in higher acquisition costs.”
- “Inflationary pressure on disposable income and currency devaluations in key markets have affected discretionary spending on higher education.”
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, Andrew Gareth | Secretary | 2023-01-30 | — | — |
| JONES, David | Director | 2019-05-03 | Apr 1952 | British |
| PITTMAN, Nicola | Director | 2024-03-15 | Mar 1983 | British |
| THICK, Andrew Vincent Alexander | Director | 2019-05-03 | May 1954 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUPONT, Rachael Victoria | Secretary | 2019-05-03 | 2023-01-30 |
| ROSE, Kevin Granville | Director | 2019-05-03 | 2020-12-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaplan Higher Education Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-03-30 | Active |
| Kaplan Open Learning Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-05-03 | Ceased 2026-03-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 25 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-27 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2026-02-27 NM06 Change of name request comments
- 2026-02-27 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-27 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2026-02-27 | NM06 | change-of-name | Change of name request comments | |
| 2026-02-27 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+53.5%
£6,125,000 £9,400,000
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Cash
+4.9%
£205,000 £215,000
-
Net assets
+16.7%
-£5,502,000 -£4,582,000
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Employees
+11.3%
71 79
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Operating profit
+238.4%
-£865,000 £1,197,000
-
Profit before tax
+238.4%
-£865,000 £1,197,000
-
Wages
+15.5%
£2,450,000 £2,830,000
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