Who owns UK companies in Pre-primary education?

2,461 of the 9,216 companies registered under SIC 85100 (Pre-primary education) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 4,609 individual shareholders and 887 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 34% are majority-owned by another company (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 22% of all UK companies.
• 3.5% have six or more shareholders, compared with 9.6% of all UK companies — less than half the national rate.
• 4.6% file dormant-company accounts, compared with 10% of all UK companies — less than half the national rate.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 687 companies in this industry that have a single class of shares and state the number of shares allotted, where a holding's share of the company can be read directly from the filing. A dash means fewer than 30 companies, too few to report.

Company size and age

The median company in this industry was incorporated 12.3 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Other education n.e.c. SIC 85590 · 9,894 companies · 15% majority-owned by a company
• Educational support services SIC 85600 · 6,858 companies · 13% majority-owned by a company
• Sports and recreation education SIC 85510 · 2,293 companies · 13% majority-owned by a company
• Technical and vocational secondary education SIC 85320 · 1,204 companies · 21% majority-owned by a company
• Primary education SIC 85200 · 969 companies · 23% majority-owned by a company
• Cultural education SIC 85520 · 907 companies · 9.9% majority-owned by a company
• General secondary education SIC 85310 · 832 companies · 24% majority-owned by a company
• Driving school activities SIC 85530 · 622 companies · 13% majority-owned by a company

Corporate shareholders in this industry

All 845 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 85100, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 139 of them hold shares in more than one company in this industry. Trusts and individuals are not named.

About this data

Figures come from the shareholder lists in each company's most recent Companies House confirmation statement (form CS01) that contained one, filed between 10 December 2020 and 10 June 2026. They are as filed and are not restated for later share transfers. Shares held in treasury are excluded. Shareholders are classed as individuals, companies, non-UK entities, trusts or nominees from the names as filed.

Every company's own shareholder register, officers, filings and accounts are available through the OpenRegistry API and MCP server, live from Companies House.