Pearson Education Holdings Limited
Activities of head offices · London
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 1926Private Limited Company
Financial position
Accounts to 2025-12-31 · GBP · Company accounts
Net assets
£830,912,000
Cash
£7,000
Turnover
—
Profit / loss
£2,472,000
Current assets
£71,602,000
Creditors < 1 year
£2,504,000
Equity
£830,912,000
Average employees
Not available
Balance-sheet trend
GBP · companyFinancial statements
Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.
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| Reported figures | 2025-12-31Company · AI-read | 2024-12-31Company · AI-read |
|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net assets | £830,912,000 | £828,440,000 |
| Equity | £830,912,000 | £828,440,000 |
| Share capital | £724,000,000 | £724,000,000 |
| Retained earnings | £65,912,000 | £63,440,000 |
| Assets | ||
| Fixed assets | £761,814,000 | £761,814,000 |
| Investments | £761,814,000 | £761,814,000 |
| Current assets | £71,602,000 | £68,306,000 |
| Cash at bank | £7,000 | £7,000 |
| Debtors | £71,595,000 | £68,299,000 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Creditors within one year | £2,504,000 | £1,680,000 |
| Net current assets | £69,098,000 | £66,626,000 |
| Assets less current liabilities | £830,912,000 | £828,440,000 |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Interest receivable | £3,296,000 | £3,671,000 |
| Profit before tax | £3,296,000 | £3,671,000 |
| Tax | £824,000 | £919,000 |
| Profit / loss | £2,472,000 | £2,752,000 |
| Source evidence | View filing | View filing |
From the accounts
What the accounts for 2025-12-31 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.
- Audit
- Subsidiary audit exemption, parent guarantee (s479A)
- Immediate parent
- Pearson plc
- Ultimate parent
- Pearson plc
- Ultimate controlling party
- Pearson plc
- Accounts
- FRS 101
- Approved
- 2026-08-26, signed by R M W Kearton
Share classes (1)
- 3,620,000 Ordinary shares of £0.20 each
Contingent liabilities (1)
- The company participates in an arrangement with HSBC Bank plc whereby the accounts of Pearson plc and 16 of its subsidiaries, 'the guarantors', are combined, with cleared debit and credit balances being offset for interest calculation purposes. Each guarantor provides a multilateral guarantee in respect of the overdraft obligations (but no other debts due to the bank) of each of the other participants. The maximum amount of this guarantee is limited to a net overdraft of £50,000,000 (2024: £50,000,000).
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.
Charges and related records
1 outstanding chargesProperty · created 1951-10-24
£80,000/- (SOUTH AFRICAN)
OutstandingShow 1 satisfied / released
Unknown · created 1951-02-06 · satisfied 2018-07-23
£2,200
Satisfied