Headington School Oxford Limited
Registered name: HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED
Headington School Oxford Limited made £28.8m revenue and £2.7m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Headington School Oxford Limited’s revenue fell 18% to £28.8m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £2.7m profit and 422 employees. The company is classified under “pre-primary education” and is based in Oxford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oxford, South East
- Age
- 111 yrs · since 1915
- 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 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.3m | £35m | £28.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £25.4m | £27.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £9.6m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £9.6m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £9.6m | £2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £9.6m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 32 | 422 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.1% | 27.4% | 9.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £934k | £1.1m | £68.3k |
| Profit per employee | £66.6k | £299k | £6.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲44% | ▼17.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲453.6% | ▼71.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲23.1% | ▲1219% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £68.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.5k
- 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
- ▲1219%
- Now 422
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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