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Tutoring and coaching companies in London

9,469 tutoring and coaching companies have a registered office in London, and 3,241 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £8,011 in cash and owed £8,003 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.

The numbers

Tutoring and coaching companies in London compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasureLondonUK
Registered companies9,46940,340
Formed in 2025 or 20263,241 (34%)29%
Being struck off or in liquidation576 (6.1%)6.6%
Typical cash at year end£8,0111,369 accounts£9,672
Typical amount owed at year end£8,0033,684 accounts£8,759
Typical number of employees13,826 accounts1

What this means if you’re starting one

You can start without much equipment

The typical tutoring and coaching company in London carries £1,629 of equipment and other fixed assets after depreciation, lower than 95% of UK industries.

Most of the cost of entry is time and running costs rather than kit, so a small test is cheap.

Cash is tight in this trade

At year end the typical tutoring and coaching company in London holds £8,011 in cash and owes £8,003; 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.

Most of these businesses are run by one or two people

The typical tutoring and coaching company in London reports 1 employee; the top quarter has 2 or more (3,826 filings).

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

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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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