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Tutoring and coaching companies in the Croydon area

371 tutoring and coaching companies have a registered office in the Croydon area (CR postcodes), and 118 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £3,052 in cash and owed £5,836 at year end.

Companies House register, 1 September 2026, and accounts filed in the last twelve months. Compared with the official category “Other education n.e.c.” (SIC 85590), which also covers life or career coaching. Covers companies with a registered office in CR postcodes.

The numbers

Tutoring and coaching companies in the Croydon area (CR postcodes) compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasureCroydonUK
Registered companies37140,340
Formed in 2025 or 2026118 (32%)29%
Being struck off or in liquidation27 (7.3%)6.6%
Typical cash at year end£3,05253 accounts£9,672
Typical amount owed at year end£5,836151 accounts£8,759
Typical number of employees1162 accounts1

What this means if you’re starting one

Most of your competition will be other newcomers

32% of the 371 tutoring and coaching companies in the Croydon area (CR postcodes) were formed in 2025–26, against 22% of all companies in the Croydon area (CR postcodes). Nationally, that share of new companies is higher than 85% of UK industries.

New rivals are arriving faster than in most trades, so your customers already have fresh options. Being new is not a difference on its own.

Most of these businesses are run by one or two people

The typical tutoring and coaching company in the Croydon area (CR postcodes) reports 1 employee; the top quarter has 2 or more (162 filings).

You are mostly up against owner-operators. Your own hours are likely to be your biggest cost, and the easiest one to undercount.

Cash is tight in this trade

At year end the typical tutoring and coaching company in the Croydon area (CR postcodes) holds £3,052 in cash and owes £5,836; that cash figure is lower than 86% of UK industries.

Typical operators end the year holding less cash than they owe, so there is little slack if takings dip or a big bill lands early.

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What these figures can’t tell you

Companies are counted where their registered office is, which may be an accountant or a home address rather than a shop. Sole traders and partnerships are not on the register, and electronically filed accounts cover roughly 60–75% of accounts filed each year. The figures describe companies that exist; they cannot prove demand for your idea or predict whether it will work. How the figures are built.

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