KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED

Active
Company number 01028790Private limited companyIncorporated 1971

Key figures

£63,547,000+4.1%
Net assets 2025
+4.1%
Average annual growth 2024–2025
020 m40 m60 m80 m20242025

† KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 85421

Where the company stands among the 1,342 active companies whose first SIC code is 85421 (First-degree level higher education).

Turnover£100,681,000
Higher than 98% · median £3,013,000 among 132 that publish turnover
Net assets£63,547,000
Higher than 99% · median £9,889
Total assets£32,645,000
Higher than 95% · median £35,183
Company age55.0 years
Older than 96% · median 5.1 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY£170.4m
  2. QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY, EDINBURGH£148.5m
  3. KAPLAN INTERNATIONAL COLLEGES U.K. LIMITED£88.8m
  4. LONDON SCHOOL OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LIMITED£74.7m
  5. KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED£63.5m
  6. LCA LONDON LIMITED£42.3m
  7. THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME (USA) IN ENGLAND£39m
  8. REGENT'S UNIVERSITY LONDON LIMITED£34.3m
  9. REGENT'S PARK COLLEGE£30.1m
  10. HIBT LIMITED£28.3m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 1,342. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01028790. It was incorporated on 27 Oct 1971. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (SE1). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is first-degree level higher education (85421), post-graduate level higher education (85422).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £100,681,000. Profit for the year was £17,481,000. Net assets were £63,547,000, up 4.1% on the previous year. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 1,342 active companies whose first SIC code is 85421: By turnover it ranks higher than 98% of the 132 that publish turnover (median £3,013,000). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £9,889). By total assets it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £35,183). It is older than 96% of them (median age 5.1 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 20 public contract award notices from 16 public sector buyers since 2017. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £2m. Its most frequent buyer is NHS Business Services Authority (3 contracts). 2 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of 3 central government grants worth £52.2m, from Department for Education.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly miscellaneous manufactures. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly printed matter, machinery. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 36 days to pay suppliers, and 68% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows no gap in median hourly pay. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 2 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 3 of 9 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 16 Apr 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover96,472,000100,681,000
Profit for the year9,267,00017,481,000
Total assets9,265,00032,645,000
Total liabilities——
Net assets / total equity61,066,00063,547,000

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

20 contracts

KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED is named as a supplier in 20 public contract award notices from 16 public sector buyers since 2017. The 17 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £2m. 2 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers16
NHS Business Services Authority
3 contracts · £84k
Serious Fraud Office
2 contracts · £420k
Crown Commercial Service
2 contracts · £29.6k
BANK OF ENGLAND
1 contract · £630k
The Insolvency Service
1 contract · £260k
Contracts
  1. YPO - 001086 Apprenticeships‡Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation · shared by 12 suppliers, up to £10,000,000,000 in total
  2. TIS0855 Finance/Accounts Apprenticeship L2 & L3 TIS0855The Insolvency Service · £260,000 · runs until Mar 2029
  3. Accountancy Professional Level 7 apprenticeship‡NHS Business Services Authority · £21,000 · runs until Dec 2028
  4. CSP25055 - HR - DESNZ - Supply of Level 7 Finance ApprenticeICS on behalf of DSIT and DESNZ · £21,000 · runs until Oct 2027
  5. GB-Sheffield: Training & Development‡British Business Bank PLC · £120,000 · runs until Feb 2028
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  1. Accountancy or Taxation Professional & Professional Accounting Technician ApprenticeshipsCounty Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust · £33,000 · runs until Aug 2028
  2. W193488 Apprenticeship Training - Accountancy Professional L7‡NHS Business Services Authority · £42,000 · runs until Nov 2028
  3. Level 7 Accountancy CTA Apprenticeship‡Department for Business and Trade · £21,000 · runs until Jun 2028
  4. Training Services - Accountancy Taxation ProfessionalBANK OF ENGLAND · £630,000 · runs until Aug 2027
  5. Financial Training‡National Highways · £60,000
  6. Accountancy Taxation Professional Level 7 Apprenticeship‡NHS Business Services Authority · £21,000
  7. W84353 Apprenticeship Training - Accountancy/Taxation Level 7‡NHS BSA · £11,528 · runs until Nov 2026
  8. Kaplan Financial Limited - ApprenticeshipSerious Fraud Office · £210,000
  9. Accounts or Finance Assistant Level 2 Apprenticeships‡Department for Work and Pensions · £60,000
  10. Apprenticeship Programme for 1 x L7 Accountancy & Taxation‡NHS Digital · £21,000
  11. Provision of Training Services‡Pension Protection Fund · shared by 7 suppliers, up to £800,000 in total
  12. Professional Accounting Technician Level 7 (ecm_58835)Defra Network eTendering Portal · £210,000
  13. SFO Apprenticeship TrainingSerious Fraud Office · £210,000
  14. Variation to Add the New GDPR Regulations 2018 to the Contract‡Crown Commercial Service
  15. Introduction to Financial Services Training for HM Treasury‡Crown Commercial Service · £29,625

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

3 grants

KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 3 central government grants since 2020, together worth £52.2m.

Grants
  1. Apprenticeships Participation 16 - 18Department for Education · £4,781,345
  2. Apprenticeships Participation 16 - 18Department for Education · £4,171,649
  3. Apprenticeships Participation 18+Department for Education · £43,224,770

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
36 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
68%
Standard payment terms
0–90 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 62%
  • 31 to 60 days 26%
  • After 60 days 12%
Earlier periods (4)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
38
74%
81%
30 Jun 2025
41
64%
74%
31 Dec 2024
55
55%
83%
30 Jun 2024
42
51%
83%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
no gap
Mean hourly pay
women 11.5% lower
Employer size
1000 to 4999 employees
Lower pay quarter55% womenLower middle72% womenUpper middle70% womenUpper pay quarter53% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
no gap
women 10.6% lower
2023/24
women 6.6% lower
women 15.9% lower
2022/23
women 1.6% higher
women 10% lower
2021/22
women 18.4% lower
women 17.1% lower
2020/21
women 20.5% lower
women 15.9% lower
2019/20
women 16.7% lower
women 17.8% lower
2018/19
women 24.2% lower
women 19.5% lower
2017/18
women 26.7% lower
women 22.6% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements2
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Worker (A rating)
Routes
Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 1 of the last 12 months on record, most recently December 2025. Main goods: miscellaneous manufactures.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 7 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: printed matter and machinery.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

5 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £100.7m, net assets £63.5m
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £96.5m, net assets £61.1m
  3. Kaplan International Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Name changed to KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITEDPreviously FTC KAPLAN LIMITED
  5. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.