Thurlow Educational Trust
Registered name: THURLOW EDUCATIONAL TRUST
Part of ST Dunstan's Education Group groupThurlow Educational Trust made £4.8m revenue and a £980k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2024.
Thurlow Educational Trust’s revenue grew 7% to £4.8m in the year to 31 Aug 2024, with a loss of £980k and 70 employees. The company is classified under “primary education” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- London
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1974
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.4m | £4.5m | £4.8m |
| Operating profit | £193k | −£541k | −£980k |
| Profit before tax | £193k | −£541k | −£980k |
| Profit after tax | £193k | −£541k | −£980k |
| Profit (best available) | £193k | −£541k | −£980k |
| Employees (average) | 65 | 66 | 70 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.4% | −12.1% | −20.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £68k | £67.8k | £68.4k |
| Profit per employee | £3k | −£8.2k | −£14k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.3% | ▲6.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼380% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.5% | ▲6.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −20.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £68.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£14k
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now 70
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- ST Dunstan's Education Groupultimate parent75–100%
- Thurlow Educational Trustthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Sdeg Enterprises LimitedRev. £1.2m · Profit £333k
- ST Dunstan's Education Foundation Trustee LimitedFigures not disclosed
- ST Dunstan's Nurseries LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2024 (profit −£980k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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