KAPLAN UWE LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1.7m
lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
61
lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£759k
Period ending 2025-12-31
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 | £13,734,000 | £13,439,000 | £10,470,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £962,000 | £941,000 | £731,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,117,000 | £999,000 | £759,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £855,000 | £749,000 | — | — | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,855,000 | £2,604,000 | £1,677,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £1,855,000 | £2,604,000 | £1,673,000 | — | |
| Equity | £1,855,000 | £2,604,000 | £1,673,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 71 | 76 | 61 | — | |
| Wages | £1,824,000 | £2,087,000 | £1,753,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. 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 | 7.0% | 7.0% | 7.0% | |
| Net margin | 6.2% | 5.6% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 51.9% | 36.1% | 43.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 84.1% | 75.7% | 81.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.19x | 1.32x | 1.22x |
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 Audit Limited
- 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.”
Group structure
- KAPLAN UWE LIMITED · parent
- Kaplan Partner Services (HK) Limited 10%
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 | — | — |
| COWAN, Linda Helen | Director | 2020-06-09 | May 1969 | British |
| JONES, David | Director | 2012-06-12 | Apr 1952 | British |
| THICK, Andrew Vincent Alexander | Director | 2012-06-12 | May 1954 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUPONT, Rachael Victoria | Secretary | 2017-09-14 | 2023-01-30 |
| ROSE, Kevin Granville | Director | 2017-09-14 | 2020-12-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaplan International Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Kaplan International Colleges U.K. Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 43 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-30 | 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 | |
| 2022-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-01 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-01-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.