Company registration number 11630966 (England and Wales)
LOWEN SPECIALIST EDUCATION SERVICES LTD
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
LOWEN SPECIALIST EDUCATION SERVICES LTD
CONTENTS
Page
Balance sheet
1 - 2
Statement of changes in equity
3
Notes to the financial statements
4 - 10
LOWEN SPECIALIST EDUCATION SERVICES LTD
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 AUGUST 2025
31 August 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
5
52,622
72,764
Investments
6
102
52,724
72,764
Current assets
Debtors
8
896,981
41,035
Cash at bank and in hand
372,232
259,022
1,269,213
300,057
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
9
(1,111,582)
(444,209)
Net current assets/(liabilities)
157,631
(144,152)
Total assets less current liabilities
210,355
(71,388)
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
10
(30,072)
(29,374)
Net assets/(liabilities)
180,283
(100,762)
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
12
204
102
Profit and loss reserves
180,079
(100,864)
Total equity
180,283
(100,762)
The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true
For the financial year ended 31 August 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.
These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
LOWEN SPECIALIST EDUCATION SERVICES LTD
BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
AS AT
31 AUGUST 2025
31 August 2025
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The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 5 November 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr J N Mills
Director
Company Registration No. 11630966
LOWEN SPECIALIST EDUCATION SERVICES LTD
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
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Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£
£
£
Balance at 1 April 2024
102
(115,998)
(115,896)
Period ended 31 August 2024:
Profit for the period
-
15,134
15,134
Balance at 31 August 2024
102
(100,864)
(100,762)
Year ended 31 August 2025:
Profit for the year
-
481,943
481,943
Issue of share capital
12
102
-
102
Dividends
-
(201,000)
(201,000)
Balance at 31 August 2025
204
180,079
180,283
LOWEN SPECIALIST EDUCATION SERVICES LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Lowen Specialist Education Services Ltd is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is The Lowen School, Lower Dimson Farm, Lower Dimson, Gunnislake, Cornwall, PL18 9NS.
1.1
Accounting convention
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
1.2
Going concern
Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3
Reporting period
The financial statements for the previous period were prepared from 1 April 2024 to 31 August 2024. As a result of this, the comparative amounts presented in the financial statements (including the related notes) are not entirely comparable.
1.4
Turnover
Turnover represents amounts receivable in relation to the provision of care services. These amounts are reocgnised in the period in which the service is provided.
1.5
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Leasehold improvements
Length of the lease
Fixtures and fittings
5 years straight line
Computer equipment
4 years straight line
Motor vehicles
20% reducing balance
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
1.6
Fixed asset investments
Interests in subsidiaries are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.
LOWEN SPECIALIST EDUCATION SERVICES LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.
1.7
Impairment of fixed assets
At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.
1.8
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand and deposits held at call with banks.
1.9
Financial instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
Classification of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.
Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans and loans from fellow group companies, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
1.10
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
LOWEN SPECIALIST EDUCATION SERVICES LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.
1.11
Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
1.12
Retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
1.13
Leases
Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
LOWEN SPECIALIST EDUCATION SERVICES LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
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3
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2025
2024
Number
Number
Total
36
47
4
Discontinued operations
On 2 September 2024, the company completed the sale of its residential care home, which represented a separate major line of business. The profit on disposal was £454,519.
The results of the discontinued operation up to the date of disposal were £nil regarding revenue, expenses and profit before tax. This was due to the residential care home only being in operation for two days in the period before the sale was completed.
The profit on disposal is included within the line “Gain on sale of part of business” in the profit and loss account.
5
Tangible fixed assets
Leasehold improvements
Fixtures and fittings
Computer equipment
Motor vehicles
Total
£
£
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 September 2024
10,394
9,886
14,503
80,137
114,920
Disposals
(10,394)
(913)
(705)
(12,012)
At 31 August 2025
8,973
13,798
80,137
102,908
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 September 2024
6,546
3,973
7,346
24,291
42,156
Depreciation charged in the year
1,662
3,008
11,169
15,839
Eliminated in respect of disposals
(6,546)
(615)
(548)
(7,709)
At 31 August 2025
5,020
9,806
35,460
50,286
Carrying amount
At 31 August 2025
3,953
3,992
44,677
52,622
At 31 August 2024
3,848
5,913
7,157
55,846
72,764
6
Fixed asset investments
2025
2024
£
£
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
102
LOWEN SPECIALIST EDUCATION SERVICES LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
6
Fixed asset investments
(Continued)
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Movements in fixed asset investments
Shares in subsidiaries
£
Cost or valuation
At 1 September 2024
-
Additions
102
At 31 August 2025
102
Carrying amount
At 31 August 2025
102
At 31 August 2024
-
LOWEN SPECIALIST EDUCATION SERVICES LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
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7
Subsidiaries
Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 August 2025 are as follows:
Name of undertaking
Registered office
Class of
% Held
shares held
Direct
RPI Training UK Limited
Thornleigh House, Chilsworthy, Gunnislake, England, PL18 9PB
Ordinary
100.00
8
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
665,760
140
Other debtors
71,221
40,895
736,981
41,035
2025
2024
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
£
£
Other debtors
160,000
Total debtors
896,981
41,035
9
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Notes
2025
2024
£
£
Bank loan
11
4,929
5,255
Trade creditors
16,599
20,006
Amounts owed to group undertakings
14,128
Corporation tax
162,682
Other taxation and social security
41,172
42,724
Other creditors
153,828
7,745
Accruals and deferred income
718,244
368,479
1,111,582
444,209
10
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Bank loan
11
30,072
29,374
LOWEN SPECIALIST EDUCATION SERVICES LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
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11
Loans
2025
2024
£
£
Bank loan
35,001
34,629
Payable within one year
4,929
5,255
Payable after one year
30,072
29,374
The bank loan is a Bounce Back Loan which is repayable in equal instalments over 5 years. The loan is guaranteed by the government and carries an interest rate of 2.5% per annum.
12
Called up share capital
2025
2024
2025
2024
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
204
102
204
102
102 ordinary shares of £1 each were issued at par on 29 August 2025.
13
Operating lease commitments
At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, as follows:
2025
2024
£
£
Total commitments
7,500
5,000
14
Related party transactions
At the balance sheet date, £18,077 (2024: £18,077) was owed by MiMi-WoWo Limited, a minority shareholder of this company.
At the balance sheet date, £8,144 (2024: £7,102) was owed by Your Way Limited, its parent company.
At the balance sheet date, £14,128 (2024: £5,472 owed by) was owed to RPI Training UK Limited, its subsidiary.
15
Directors' transactions
At the balance sheet date, included in other creditors, is an amount of £49,361 (2024: £7,618 owed by) owed to a director, Mr T W Collins.
At the balance sheet date, included in other creditors, is an amount of £48,801 (2024: £139 owed by) owed to a director, Miss K A Turner.
At the balance sheet date, included in other creditors, is an amount of £50,000 (2024: £nil) owed to a director, Mr J N Mills.
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