Trent College Limited
Registered name: TRENT COLLEGE LIMITED
Trent College Limited made £19.8m revenue and a £127k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Trent College Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £19.8m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £127k. The company is classified under “primary education” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 135 yrs · since 1890
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.9m | £20.5m | £19.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £20.5m | £20m |
| Operating profit | £666k | −£18k | −£128k |
| Profit before tax | £665k | −£16k | −£127k |
| Profit after tax | £665k | −£16k | −£127k |
| Profit (best available) | £665k | −£16k | −£127k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | −0.1% | −0.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▼3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼102.4% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Trent College Enterprises LimitedRev. £125k · Profit £19.8k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£127k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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