ST. PIRAN'S (GB) LTD
Company number 04532510 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
St. Piran's (GB) Ltd is a family-controlled UK post-graduate education provider with strong unit economics (81% gross margin) but a deteriorating financial trajectory—revenue down 23% and profit down 55% in 2025, while shareholder distributions have reduced equity by 90% over two years. The business retains strategic assets in niche market positioning, premium margins, and patient family ownership, but faces urgent challenges around revenue stabilisation, reinvestment capacity, and concentration of quality to key university relationships.
Shareholders' funds
£3,198,163
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of provision of educational services.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2002-09-11
- Employees
- 115 (2025 accounts · was 126 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Chaucer House,, White Hart Yard, London, England, SE1 1NX
- Postcode
- SE1 1NX
- Capital
- 100,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-01
- Next due by
- 2027-01-15
Nature of business (SIC)
- 85422 Post-graduate level higher education
Officers 10 current · 15 resigned
Political donations 1
£10,000 in registered political donations since 2009.
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Mr Mark Field MP
Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ST. PIRAN'S SCHOOL (GB) LIMITED | 2025-02-13 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 324 STAFFORD ROAD, CROYDON, SURREY, CR0 4NH | 2004-09-24 |
| 14 TRELISSICK ROAD, HAYLE, CORNWALL TR27 4HY | 2003-10-14 |
| 428 WHITEHORSE ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, SURREY, CR7 8SB | 2002-10-09 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 18 similar companies in SE
The largest employer among its local peers (115 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2002.
Competitors London
This company ranks 2 among post-graduate level higher education in London.
The class of 2002
39%
of the 122,928 companies incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 58% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 4 titles
- Freehold
- 1
- Leasehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2024-05-02
- Price paid, where recorded
- £550,000
- Where
- Greater London (2), Greater Manchester (1), Cornwall (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TGL617736 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2024-05-02 | — |
| MAN410854 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2022-11-08 | — |
| TGL554826 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2020-11-19 | — |
| CL100800 | Cornwall | Freehold | 2009-08-06 | £550,000 |
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