Who owns UK companies in Primary education?

969 of the 7,147 companies registered under SIC 85200 (Primary education) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 2,297 individual shareholders and 488 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 6.0% file dormant-company accounts, compared with 10% of all UK companies.
• 6.5% have six or more shareholders, compared with 9.6% of all UK companies.
• 26% have a single shareholder, compared with 23% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 312 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 8.8 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
• Pre-primary education SIC 85100 · 2,461 companies · 34% 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
• 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 449 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 85200, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 30 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 8 February 2021 and 8 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.