TQ EDUCATION AND TRAINING LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6m
+84.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£19m
+15.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
315
+16.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.2m
-18.1% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,888,000 | £18,125,000 | £20,117,000 | +11% | |
| Operating profit | £2,444,000 | £3,338,000 | £2,608,000 | -21.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,183,000 | £3,929,000 | £3,219,000 | -18.1% | |
| Net profit | £1,646,000 | £2,927,000 | £2,398,000 | -18.1% | |
| Cash | £1,395,000 | £861,000 | £1,592,000 | +84.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,955,000 | £16,062,000 | £18,623,000 | +15.9% | |
| Net assets | £12,927,000 | £16,053,000 | £18,570,000 | +15.7% | |
| Equity | £12,927,000 | £16,053,000 | £18,570,000 | +15.7% | |
| Average employees | 260 | 271 | 315 | +16.2% | |
| Wages | £9,785,000 | £10,576,000 | £12,128,000 | +14.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £153,000 | £183,000 | £171,000 | -6.6% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.4% | 18.4% | 13.0% | |
| Net margin | 10.4% | 16.1% | 11.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.9% | 20.8% | 14.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.79x | — | — | |
| Interest cover | 3.31x | 42.79x | 32.60x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- TQ EDUCATION AND TRAINING LIMITED 2000-07-31 → present
- TECQUIPMENT LIMITED 1958-05-21 → 2000-07-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that preparing the financial statements on a going concern basis is appropriate due to the continued financial support of the ultimate parent company, Pearson plc. Pearson plc intends to support the company for 12 months from the date these statements are signed. The company believes it will be able to continue for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- TQ EDUCATION AND TRAINING LIMITED · parent
- TQ Education and Training Limited (Saudi) 90%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALDWIN, Graeme Stuart | Secretary | 2020-10-01 | — | — |
| KEARTON, Richard Michael Wooff | Director | 2019-12-20 | Dec 1966 | British |
| LEADER, Martyn James Allen, Mr. | Director | 2013-02-27 | Jun 1965 | British |
| MALCOLM, Andrew | Director | 2021-07-01 | Oct 1981 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIRANI, Daksha | Secretary | 2012-02-01 | 2012-06-28 |
| JONES, Stephen Andrew | Secretary | 2012-06-28 | 2020-09-30 |
| MILSOM, Helen Ruth | Secretary | 1992-04-30 | 2012-01-31 |
| MURRAY, John Christopher | Secretary | — | 1992-04-30 |
| WHITE, Natalie Jane | Secretary | 2012-10-22 | 2026-03-25 |
| ALLAN, Russell Laurence | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2018-03-09 |
| BERESFORD, Charles James | Director | 1991-12-24 | 1999-04-30 |
| BUTLER, Christopher | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2012-10-31 |
| CARROLL, Joseph Anthony | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2017-11-01 |
| CAWSER, George Owen | Director | — | 2002-12-31 |
| COPE, John Richard | Director | — | 2005-04-30 |
| DAVIES, Richard Arthur | Director | — | 2005-04-30 |
| DRIVER, Rosalind Helen, Professor | Director | 1994-10-28 | 1997-10-30 |
| EDWARDS, Richard Rhys | Director | — | 2006-04-30 |
| FAIRHEAD, Rona Alison, Baroness | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2013-02-27 |
| HOBBS, Caspar | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2012-12-27 |
| HOPE, Anna | Director | 2019-12-20 | 2021-07-01 |
| HOUSTON, Donna Elizabeth | Director | 2018-07-31 | 2019-12-20 |
| KELLY, James John Tod | Director | 2018-03-09 | 2019-12-20 |
| KEYWORTH, Victor Edward | Director | 1993-03-25 | 2013-02-27 |
| MINICK-SCOKALO, Tamara Lee | Director | 2013-02-27 | 2016-02-12 |
| MURRAY, John Christopher | Director | — | 2006-04-30 |
| O'NEILL, Paul Andrew | Director | 2008-11-04 | 2010-04-23 |
| PALMER, Jonathan | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| PARR, Andrew William | Director | 2012-10-31 | 2014-05-30 |
| POPE, Evelyn Alice, Lady | Director | — | 1994-10-31 |
| POPE, Joseph Albert, Sir | Director | — | 1994-10-31 |
| POPE, Stephen Bailey | Director | 1994-10-28 | 2005-04-30 |
| PRICE, Sean Nicholas | Director | 2013-02-27 | 2014-11-30 |
| SAMLER, Christopher Hadley | Director | 2011-05-17 | 2015-03-31 |
| SCOBIE, Charles Keith, Mr. | Director | 2014-06-03 | 2016-11-01 |
| WILLMOTT, Suzanne Carroll | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2018-05-25 |
| WOODS, Simon Russell | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2008-08-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tq Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 264 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.