Who owns UK companies in Other education n.e.c.?

9,894 of the 69,705 companies registered under SIC 85590 (Other education n.e.c.) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 22,450 individual shareholders and 3,283 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 3.9% have six or more shareholders, compared with 9.6% of all UK companies — less than half the national rate.
• 4.6% file full, group or medium-sized accounts, a sign of larger businesses, compared with 8.2% of all UK companies.
• 15% are majority-owned by another company (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 22% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 3,330 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 6.6 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• 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
• 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

The 1,000 companies and other entities holding shares in the most companies under SIC 85590, out of 3,228 named as shareholders on those companies' latest confirmation statements. 265 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 26 May 2020 and 18 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.