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Pearson PLC
Pearson offers next generation learning solutions for school, college, and the workforce. The company’s own description of itself, taken from its website.
Active 129 years old · 64th oldest PLC on the register · incorporated in the 1890s
Registered office
80 STRAND, LONDON, WC2R 0RL
Online
Website www.pearson.com/en-gb.html
News and announcements on their own site
Social accounts X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube
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Group structure
It is the immediate parent of 4 entities:
- PEARSON INDIA EDUCATION SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED
- PEARSON STRAND FINANCE LIMITED
- PEARSON DOLLAR FINANCE PLC
- PEARSON FUNDING PLC
Ownership as recorded by GLEIF, the body that issues Legal Entity Identifiers. Unlike a shared registered office, these relationships are filed and validated, so they are evidence of a real corporate link.
Filing history
This company has 4,569 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 14/05/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 21/05/2026.
The most recent filings
This is the list of documents filed, not their contents. A line saying accounts were filed records that they were filed and when; it says nothing about turnover, profit or assets, which are inside the documents themselves and are not published here. Read the filings on the Companies House record.
Who runs it
The register lists 15 current officers and 51 who have resigned.
Who controls it
The register shows no current person or entity with significant control for this company.
Charges
A charge is security a company gives a lender over its assets. This company has 5 registered charges, of which 1 are not yet recorded as satisfied.
Deutsche Bank Ag London Fully satisfied, created 18/02/1993
Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale Fully satisfied, created 18/02/1993
The Prudential Assurance Company Limited Fully satisfied, created 07/01/1983
The Prudential Assurance Company Limited Fully satisfied, created 07/01/1973
Officers, controllers and charges are as recorded on the Companies House register on 13/10/2026, and the register changes daily. Appearing here is not an allegation about anyone. Read the current record on the Companies House record.
What it does
This page is compiled from the public register. Companies House does not verify the information filed with it, so treat everything here as what the company reported rather than as established fact. For filings, officers and charges, see the official Companies House record.
Also at WC2R 0RL
A shared registered office is not evidence of a relationship. Formation agents and genuine groups look identical on the register.
On the register
- 64th oldest of 4,506 PLCs
- One of the 1890s cohort
- Not in liquidation or facing strike off
There are 4,506 PLCs in Britain, under a tenth of one per cent of the register. The whole count.