Registration number:
for the
Year Ended 31 August 2025
Cavendish Education Limited
Contents
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Company Information |
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Directors' Report |
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Strategic Report |
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Statement of Directors' Responsibilities |
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Independent Auditor's Report |
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Profit and Loss Account |
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Balance Sheet |
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Statement of Changes in Equity |
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Notes to the Financial Statements |
Cavendish Education Limited
Company Information
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Directors |
G L Balcombe E E Gibson A N Hassan N Wergan |
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Registered office |
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Auditors |
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Cavendish Education Limited
Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025.
Directors of the company
The directors who held office during the year were as follows:
The following director was appointed after the year end:
Principal activity
The principal activity of the company is that of a holding company, together with the rental of freehold property to subsidiary companies.
Future developments
The external environment is expected to remain competitive going forward, however, the directors are confident that the company will continue to improve the current level of performance in the future.
Disclosure of information to the auditors
Each director has taken steps that they ought to have taken as a director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. The directors confirm that there is no relevant information that they know of and of which they know the auditors are unaware.
Reappointment of auditors
Hazlewoods LLP have expressed their willingness to continue in office.
Important non adjusting events after the financial period
Subsequent to the year end on 22 September 2025, the company completed the disposal of all its freehold properties. The properties were disposed of at their carrying amounts, and no gain or loss arose on the disposal.
After the year end the company acquired Arc Schools Limited, and subsidiary Arc Schools Learning Ltd, Classroom Education Services Ltd, Dovecote School Limited and subsidiary Shapwick Estate Limited, Life Skills Enterprises Limited and subsidiary Life Skills Manor Ltd. The total consideration for all post year end acquisitions is £73,500,961 including agreed deferred consideration payable, but excluding contingent consideration.
Approved by the
Director
Cavendish Education Limited
Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 August 2025.
Fair review of the business
The company is a management company and rents property and provides management services to subsidiaries. The directors consider the financial performance for the year and the financial position of the company at the year end to be satisfactory.
Key performance indicators
Given the nature of the business, the company's directors are of the opinion that key performance indicators are not relevant for a holding company.
Principal risks and uncertainties
The management of the business and the execution of the company's strategy are subject to a number of risks. The key business risks and uncertainties affecting the group to which the company belongs are considered to relate to ongoing compliance with current and future legislation affecting the sector.
Approved by the
Director
Cavendish Education Limited
Statement of Directors' Responsibilities
The directors are responsible for preparing the Directors' Report, Strategic Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
• | select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently; |
• | make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; |
• | state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards has been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and |
• | prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business. |
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Cavendish Education Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Cavendish Education Limited
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Cavendish Education Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 August 2025, which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity, and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion the financial statements:
• | give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 August 2025 and of its loss for the year then ended; |
• | have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and |
• | have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. |
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the auditor responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
Other information
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
Cavendish Education Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Cavendish Education Limited
Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
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the information given in the Strategic Report and Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
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the Strategic Report and Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. |
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of our knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
• | adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or |
• | the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or |
• | certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or |
• | we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit. |
Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page 4, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Extent to which the audit was capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
We considered the nature of the company’s industry and its control environment and reviewed the company’s documentation of their policies and procedures relating to fraud and compliance with laws and regulations. We also enquired of management about their own identification and assessment of the risks of irregularities.
We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that the company operates in and identified the key laws and regulations that had a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, including the UK Companies Act and tax legislation, and, those that do not have a direct effect on the financial statements but compliance with which may be fundamental to the company’s ability to operate or to avoid a material penalty.
We discussed among the audit engagement team regarding the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the organisation for fraud and how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements.
Cavendish Education Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Cavendish Education Limited
In common with all audits conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK), we are also required to perform specific procedures to respond to the risk of management override of controls. In addressing the risk of fraud through management override of controls, we tested the appropriateness of journal entries and other adjustments; assessed whether the judgements made in accounting estimates are indicative of a potential bias; and evaluated the business rationale of any significant transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business.
In addition to the above, our procedures to respond to the risks identified included the following:
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reviewing financial statement disclosures by testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with provisions of relevant laws and regulations described as having a direct effect on the financial statements; |
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performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships that may indicate risks of material misstatements due to fraud; |
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enquiring of management concerning actual and potential litigation and claims and instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations; and |
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reading minutes of meetings of those charged with governance. |
Our audit procedures were designed to respond to risks of material misstatement in the financial statements, recognising that the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery, misrepresentations or through collusion. There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures performed and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we are to become aware of it.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
Use of our report
This report is made solely to the company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
For and on behalf of
Windsor House
Bayshill Road
GL50 3AT
Cavendish Education Limited
Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
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2025 |
2024 |
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Turnover |
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Administrative expenses |
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Exceptional items |
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(676,676) |
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Operating profit |
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Other interest receivable and similar income |
- |
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Interest payable and similar charges |
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(Loss)/profit before tax |
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Taxation |
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(Loss)/profit for the financial year |
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The above results were derived from continuing operations.
The company has no recognised gains or losses for the year other than the results above.
Cavendish Education Limited
(Registration number: 08439186)
Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2025
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2024 |
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Fixed assets |
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Intangible assets |
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Tangible assets |
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Investments |
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Other financial assets |
50,250 |
50,250 |
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Current assets |
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Debtors |
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Cash at bank and in hand |
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Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year |
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Net current assets |
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Total assets less current liabilities |
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Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year |
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Provisions for liabilities |
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Net assets |
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Capital and reserves |
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Called up share capital |
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Share premium reserve |
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Profit and loss account |
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Total equity |
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Approved and authorised by the
Director
Cavendish Education Limited
Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
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Share capital |
Share premium |
Retained earnings |
Total |
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At 1 September 2024 |
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Loss for the year |
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- |
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At 31 August 2025 |
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Share capital |
Share premium |
Retained earnings |
Total |
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At 1 September 2023 |
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Profit for the year |
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- |
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At 31 August 2024 |
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Cavendish Education Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
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General information |
The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.
The address of its registered office is:
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Accounting policies |
Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.
Statement of compliance
These financial statements were prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006'.
Basis of preparation
These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except for, where disclosed in these accounting policies, certain items that are shown at fair value.
The presentational currency of the financial statements is Pounds Sterling, being the functional currency of the primary economic environment in which the company operates. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest Pound.
Summary of disclosure exemptions
The company has not presented a cash flow statement on the grounds that the company is a wholly owned subsidiary and a group cash flow statement is included in the financial statements of the ultimate parent company.
Name of parent of group
These financial statements are consolidated in the financial statements of Burlington Education Holdings Limited.
The financial statements of Burlington Education Holdings Limited may be obtained from Companies House.
Group accounts not prepared
Going concern
After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.
Judgements and estimation uncertainty
These financial statements do not contain any significant judgements or estimation uncertainty. |
Revenue recognition
Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for provision of services in the ordinary course of the group’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts and after eliminating sales within the company. The group recognises revenue when the amount of revenue can be reliably measured, it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity and specific criteria have been met for each of the group's activities.
Cavendish Education Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
Tax
The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the profit and loss account, except that a charge attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.
The current tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.
Deferred tax is recognised on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the consolidated financial statements and on unused tax losses or tax credits in the group. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and a valuation allowance is set up against deferred tax assets so that the net carrying amount equals the highest amount that is more likely than not to be recovered based on current or future taxable profit.
Tangible assets
Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.
The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.
Depreciation
Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, over their estimated useful lives, as follows:
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Asset class |
Depreciation method and rate |
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Leasehold property |
Over the life of the lease |
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Freehold property |
Nil |
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Furniture, fittings and equipment |
7% to 33% of cost |
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Motor vehicles |
20% of cost |
No depreciation is provided on freehold properties as it is the company's policy to maintain these assets so that they keep their previously assessed standard of performance. As the useful economic lives of these assets are of such length and the residual values are such that they are not materially different from the carrying amount any depreciation would not be material.
Amortisation
Amortisation is provided on intangible assets so as to write off the cost, less any estimated residual value, over their useful life as follows:
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Asset class |
Amortisation method and rate |
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Website costs |
Straight line over 2 years |
Investments
Investments in equity shares which are not publicly traded and where fair value cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment. Interest income on debt securities, where applicable, is recognised using the effective interest method. Dividends on equity securities are recognised in income when receivable.
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.
Trade creditors
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.
Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and all are repayable within one year and hence are included at the undiscounted amount of cash expected to be paid.
Cavendish Education Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
Leases
Rentals payable under operating leases are charged in the profit and loss account on a straight line basis over the lease term.
Share capital
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.
Defined contribution pension obligation
A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the group has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.
Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.
The group also operates a defined benefit pension scheme providing benefits based on final pensionable pay. The scheme has been accounted for as a defined contribution scheme for the reasons disclosed in note 18 to the financial statements.
Financial instruments
Classification
Recognition and measurement
Cavendish Education Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
Impairment
A non financial asset is impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after initial recognition, the estimated recoverable value of the asset has been reduced. The recoverable amount of an asset is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use.
Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised.
For financial assets carried at amortised cost, the amount of an impairment is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate.
For financial assets carried at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the best estimate of the amount that would be received for the asset if it were to be sold at the reporting date.
Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired financial asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised.
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Turnover |
The analysis of the company's revenue for the year from continuing operations is as follows:
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2025 |
2024 |
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Rent receivable |
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Other income |
19,189,000 |
14,856,000 |
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Operating profit |
Arrived at after charging/(crediting)
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2025 |
2024 |
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Depreciation expense |
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Exceptional items |
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2025 |
2024 |
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Exceptional expenses |
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676,676 |
Exceptional items in the prior year consisted of £444,772 of directors remuneration (which is also included in the notes 8 of the financial statements), £108,791 of acquisition insurance and maintenance fees, £176,073 of aborted acquisition fees, £32,167 of other non-recurring fees and offset by the release of an accrual of £85,077 for non-recurring employee costs.
Cavendish Education Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
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Other interest receivable and similar income |
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2025 |
2024 |
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Interest income on investments |
- |
5,707 |
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Staff costs |
The aggregate payroll costs (including directors' remuneration) were as follows:
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2025 |
2024 |
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Wages and salaries |
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Social security costs |
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Pension costs, defined contribution scheme |
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The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was as follows:
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2025 |
2024 |
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Average number of employees |
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Directors' remuneration |
The directors' remuneration for the year was as follows:
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2025 |
2024 |
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Remuneration |
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Contributions paid to money purchase schemes |
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1,236,715 |
950,429 |
During the year the number of directors who were receiving benefits and share incentives was as follows:
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2025 |
2024 |
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Accruing benefits under money purchase pension scheme |
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In respect of the highest paid director:
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2025 |
2024 |
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Remuneration |
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Auditors' remuneration |
The auditors' remuneration for the year has been borne by a fellow group company.
Cavendish Education Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
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Taxation |
Tax charged/(credited) in the profit and loss account
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2025 |
2024 |
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Current taxation |
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UK corporation tax adjustment to prior periods |
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Deferred taxation |
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Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences |
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Tax (receipt)/expense in the income statement |
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The tax on profit before tax for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2024 - higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of
The differences are reconciled below:
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2025 |
2024 |
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(Loss)/profit before tax |
( |
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Corporation tax at standard rate |
( |
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Effect of expense not deductible in determining taxable profit (tax loss) |
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Deferred tax expense from unrecognised temporary difference from a prior period |
- |
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Decrease in UK and foreign current tax from adjustment for prior periods |
( |
( |
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Tax increase/(decrease) from effect of capital allowances and depreciation |
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( |
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Tax decrease arising from group relief |
( |
( |
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Tax increase (decrease) from other tax effects |
- |
6,633 |
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Total tax (credit)/charge |
( |
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Deferred tax
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
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2025 |
Liability |
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Fixed asset timing differences |
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2024 |
Liability |
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Fixed asset timing differences |
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Cavendish Education Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
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Intangible assets |
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Website costs |
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Cost |
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At 1 September 2024 and at 31 August 2025 |
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Amortisation |
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At 1 September 2024 and at 31 August 2025 |
68,568 |
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Carrying amount |
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At 31 August 2024 and at 31 August 2025 |
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Tangible assets |
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Land and buildings |
Furniture, fittings and equipment |
Motor vehicles |
Total |
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Cost |
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At 1 September 2024 |
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Additions |
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At 31 August 2025 |
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Depreciation |
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At 1 September 2024 |
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- |
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Charge for the year |
- |
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At 31 August 2025 |
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Carrying amount |
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At 31 August 2025 |
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At 31 August 2024 |
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Included within the net book value of land and buildings above is £22,214,087 (2024 - £22,160,434) in respect of freehold land and buildings and £2,775 (2024 - £2,775) in respect of leasehold improvements.
Subsequent to the year end on 22 September 2025, the company completed the disposal of all its freehold properties. The properties were disposed of at their carrying amounts, and no gain or loss arose on the disposal.
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Investments in subsidiaries |
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2025 |
2024 |
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Investments in subsidiaries |
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Subsidiaries |
£ |
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Cost and carrying amount |
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At 1 September 2024 |
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Additions |
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At 31 August 2025 |
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Cavendish Education Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
Details of undertakings
Details of the investments in which the company holds 20% or more of the nominal value of any class of share capital are as follows:
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Undertaking |
Registered office |
Holding |
Proportion of voting rights and shares held |
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2025 |
2024 |
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Subsidiary undertakings |
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Ordinary |
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England and Wales |
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Ordinary |
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England and Wales |
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Ordinary |
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England and Wales |
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Ordinary |
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* indicates direct investment of the company
Cavendish Education Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
The principal activity of the following is:
Intermediate holding company
Cavendish Education and Training Limited
Devonshire Schools Limited
Cavendish Bredon Limited
Cavendish TIS Limited
WLP Holdings Limited
Yarrow Heights Holdings Ltd
The provision of education services
Cavendish Learning Limited
Bredon School Limited
Cavendish Learning (London) Limited
Abingdon House School Limited
Ripplevale School Rochester Limited
Burlington House School Ltd
Hardwick House School Limited
Quorn Hall School Limited
The Chelsea Group of Children Limited
Ripplevale School Limited
WL Property Limited
Burlington House School Tooting Ltd
Abingdon House School Purley Ltd
Heathermount School Ltd
Yarrow Heights School Ltd
Leith Hill Shool Ltd
Cavendish Education International Ltd
Riverston Schools (UK) Ltd
Commercial trading
Bredon School Enterprises 2002 Limited
Dormant
Cavendish Education (Cambridge) Limited
Cavendish Education 1 Limited
Trinity Extra Limited
TIS London Limited
Property holding company
Cavendish Education & Training Properties Ltd
Devonshire Schools Properties Ltd
Cavendish Education Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
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Other financial assets (current and non-current) |
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Investment in unlisted shares |
|
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Cost and carrying amount |
|
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At 1 September 2024 and at 31 August 2025 |
50,250 |
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Debtors |
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
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Amounts owed by group undertakings |
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|
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Other debtors |
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|
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Prepayments |
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Corporation tax asset |
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Creditors |
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2025 |
2024 |
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Due within one year |
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Trade creditors |
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Amounts due to group undertakings |
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Social security and other taxes |
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|
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Outstanding defined contribution pension costs |
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Accrued expenses |
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Due after one year |
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Amounts due to group undertakings |
179,417,706 |
147,711,153 |
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Pension and other schemes |
Defined contribution pension scheme
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the company to the scheme and amounted to £
Contributions totalling £
Cavendish Education Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
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Share capital |
Allotted, called up and fully paid shares
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2025 |
2024 |
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No. |
£ |
No. |
£ |
|
|
|
|
126,904 |
|
126,904 |
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Contingent liabilities |
The company is bound by an intra-group cross guarantee in respect of bank debt with other members of the group, headed by its parent undertaking, Burlington Education Holdings Limited. The amount guaranteed at 31 August 2025 is £192,085,000 (2024 - £111,400,000).
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Related party transactions |
Summary of transactions with key management
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Non adjusting events after the financial period |
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Parent and ultimate parent undertaking |
The company's immediate parent is
The ultimate parent is