01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- PEARSON EDUCATION LIMITED
- Company number
- 00872828
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 December 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
20 August 2025Next statement due
3 September 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 8.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- 3.0%
- Women receiving bonus
- 94.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 95.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 53.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 60.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 49994.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499911.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49996.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49998.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49998.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499910.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49999.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49993.0% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 27 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 30 days
- Longest standard term
- Not supplied
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- Prompt Payment Code
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
30 days from receipt of invoice
- Dispute resolution process
If the supplier wishes to raise a dispute they should use the below process: Contact the Source to Pay helpdesk by email at supplier@pearson.com. Suppliers will receive a ticket number by return email. This team is the first point of contact for supplier queries. Suppliers may contact the Helpdesk with all queries, including disputes. The Helpdesk have full visibility of the invoice status at all times and are well placed to support the supplier in answering their query. This includes escalating the matter to the relevant person in the business as and when required in order for the dispute to be resolved. Should queries not be resolved within an agreed time frame by the Helpdesk, suppliers can escalate their query by emailing stpqueryescalation@pearson.com and quoting the original ticket number.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 29.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 26.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 27.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
- 27.0 average days to pay15.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay29.0% outside terms
- 26.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
- 26.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
- 26.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 27.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
- 30.0 average days to pay22.0% outside terms
- 21.0 average days to pay48.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- PEARSON EDUCATION LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- PEARSON PLC
- Statement period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Approved
- 24 June 2026
- Sectors
- Education and research Media, publishing, arts and entertainment
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Not reported as covered
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
06 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
T Levels Generation 2 Wave 2: Contract for the provision of services in relation to the Health and Science: Science T Level Technical Qualification
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education · ocds-b5fd17-f6944dcf-e427-4a11-8c98-a5c3fe71c66d
- Award value
- £5,698,560
- Contract period
- 16 January 2025 – 31 July 2034
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
T Levels Generation 2 Wave 2: Contract for the provision of services in relation to the Health and Science: Health T Level Technical Qualification
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education · ocds-b5fd17-7b4bb53b-5639-4171-811d-6e82f437ff4f
- Award value
- £9,749,927
- Contract period
- 16 January 2025 – 31 July 2034
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
T Levels Generation 2 Wave 1: Contract for the provision of services in relation to the Digital: Digital Business Services T Level Technical Qualification
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education · ocds-b5fd17-4a9318cc-cd69-478b-b701-79fa42856d15
- Award value
- £3,257,056
- Contract period
- 13 August 2024 – 31 July 2033
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
T Levels Generation 2 Wave 1: Contract for the provision of services in relation to the Digital: Digital Support Services T Level Technical Qualification
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education · ocds-b5fd17-c4df6642-281d-4cf3-a051-4dd3979f26a1
- Award value
- £4,319,493
- Contract period
- 13 August 2024 – 31 July 2033
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
T Levels Generation 2 Wave 1: Contract for the provision of services in relation to the Construction: Design, Surveying and Planning T Level Technical Qualification
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education · ocds-b5fd17-932b14b9-dd8e-443c-a9a8-ccb623c0c379
- Award value
- £3,694,945
- Contract period
- 13 August 2024 – 31 July 2033
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
T Levels Generation 2 Wave 1: Contract for the provision of services in relation to the Digital: Digital Production, Design and Development T Level Technical Qualification
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education · ocds-b5fd17-96805ea3-8152-4036-b06e-a1232ca26927
- Award value
- £5,396,080
- Contract period
- 13 August 2024 – 31 July 2033
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
Test Operations Service 2025 con_25418
Department for Education · ocds-b5fd17-bc9d0ff4-b004-40be-9418-5308b0895b30
- Award value
- £85,501,644
- Contract period
- 15 April 2024 – 31 January 2030
- Procedure
- Competitive dialogue (above threshold)
Trade Mark License
UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH · ocds-b5fd17-cba5a291-f7c2-474e-8f91-cb6cbe5c3ab7
- Award value
- £40,000
- Contract period
- 18 August 2023 – 31 July 2024
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
Digital Learning Resources
UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE) · ocds-b5fd17-73a54aca-851d-4966-9281-154d8d4aa75d
- Award value
- £26,993.25
- Contract period
- 24 July 2023 – 31 August 2024
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
UKRI CS22507 - Environmental Sustainability Learning Package
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-57ff0719-14b7-4c75-a391-969d8769f249
- Award value
- £400,000
- Contract period
- 1 February 2023 – 31 March 2025
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
Educational Courses/Qualifications.
UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH · ocds-b5fd17-fd587858-21c3-4898-87cb-44a304a71a9e
- Award value
- £35,000
- Contract period
- 1 August 2022 – 31 July 2023
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
T Level Wave 4- Legal, Finance and Accounting: Legal Services
The Institute for Apprenticeship & Technical Education · ocds-b5fd17-0c235f85-bb1b-4fd7-ad47-2d608f0404cb
- Award value
- £3,442,457
- Contract period
- 6 January 2022 – 31 July 2030
- Procedure
- Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)
701554501 - EPAO for Senior Health Care Support Worker Level 3 Apprenticeships
Ministry of Defence · ocds-b5fd17-6aebede8-8095-40d1-9928-009af693a310
- Award value
- £588,000
- Contract period
- 14 December 2021 – 13 December 2024
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
IEA Progress in Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2021, National Research Centre for England
Department For Education · ocds-b5fd17-d357659b-5cce-4276-a533-a29458b8ec7c
- Award value
- £1,107,441
- Contract period
- 14 November 2019 – 29 December 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
HO UKVI Secure Testing Services (SELT)
Home Office · ocds-b5fd17-56faf1eb-2abd-4e0f-a0bc-4bae713db0ed
- Award value
- £0
- Contract period
- 4 December 2019 – 3 November 2022
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2021: National Centre for England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Department For Education · ocds-b5fd17-f0a7685c-3b55-4c86-bc5a-fba792408ff0
- Award value
- £2,049,271
- Contract period
- 6 September 2019 – 29 December 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
T Levels Wave 1 - Lot 1 Education and Childcare Route/Lot 2 Construction/Lot 3 Digital
Department For Education · ocds-b5fd17-1d4ccf3b-7d9c-42f1-aa90-649ad907e702
- Award value
- £9,500,000
- Contract period
- 4 March 2019 – 1 September 2028
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
T Levels Wave 1 - Lot 1 Education and Childcare Route/Lot 2 Construction/Lot 3 Digital
Department For Education · ocds-b5fd17-1d4ccf3b-7d9c-42f1-aa90-649ad907e702
- Award value
- £0
- Contract period
- 4 March 2019 – 1 September 2028
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
Trialling Framework
Department For Education · ocds-b5fd17-e10c1682-e300-4cc1-a411-e02419222f11
- Award value
- £40,100,000
- Contract period
- 14 June 2018 – 14 June 2022
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
NBS/006658
NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY · ocds-b5fd17-245b3a3d-a52a-41ff-a051-fd1708de773d
- Award value
- £39,724.68
- Contract period
- 5 October 2017 – 6 October 2017
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Pearson Education Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
08 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
09 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
10 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
PRO-081 2026_27 Clinical Assessment Forms
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust · updated 19 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 3
Exam Board Awarding Body
The City of Liverpool College · updated 18 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 2
Generation 2 Wave 3 T Levels
Department for Education · updated 28 January 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 5
Teaching and Learning Resources (including Assessment Materials)
the Education Authority · updated 2 December 2025
- Tender value
- £50,000,000
- Awards
- 4
Exam Boards
DUDLEY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY · updated 5 August 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Exams Boards - Awarding Body
The City of Liverpool College · updated 9 July 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Textbooks
THE OPEN UNIVERSITY · updated 19 May 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
T Levels Wave 5 Marketing
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education · updated 8 November 2023
- Tender value
- £9,790,000
- Awards
- 1
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
12 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Book publishing
Human resources provision and management of human resources functions
Technical and vocational secondary education
Educational support services
14 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
8 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
15 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
16 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.