Company
Edstart Specialist Education LTD
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 1
- Christopher James Irwin 2014-2020 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
1 contractFrom Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.
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Specialist Education
Specialist Education for KS3 & KS4 pupils
About
- Incorporated
- 19/06/2014
Ownership
Owned by (3) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Christopher James Irwin ceased 2020-04-17
75-100% shares · notified 2017-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company - James Patrick Lowe ceased 2025-06-30
75-100% voting · notified 2020-04-17 - Grolife LTD
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-06-30
Group
- Edstart Specialist Education LTD
is controlled by Christopher James Irwin
Evidence
ceased 75-100% shares · notified 2017-04-06, ceased 2020-04-17 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Christopher James Irwin.
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Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Financials
- Net assets
- £1,302,063
- Cash
- £1,384,662
- Employees
- 97
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-08-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
2 directors on the board
- James Patrick Lowe Director · appointed 2014
- Kelly Lowe Director · appointed 2020
Directors past 6 years
- James Patrick Lowe Director · appointed 2014
- Kelly Lowe Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- James Patrick Lowe Director · appointed 2014
- Kelly Lowe Director · appointed 2020
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 09094059
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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