Commercial Services Education Ltd
Registered name: COMMERCIAL SERVICES EDUCATION LTD
Part of Kent County Council groupCommercial Services Education Ltd made £11m revenue and a £1.8m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Commercial Services Education Ltd’s revenue fell 14% to £11m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £1.8m and 83 employees. The company is classified under “educational support services” and is based in West Malling; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Malling
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.5m | £12.8m | £11m |
| Cost of sales | −£9.8m | −£8.1m | −£7.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £4.7m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £62k | −£705k | −£1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £62k | −£681k | −£1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £62k | −£681k | −£1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £62k | −£681k | −£1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 95 | 84 | 83 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | −5.3% | −16.1% |
| Gross margin | 36.4% | 37.1% | 35% |
| Revenue per employee | £163k | £152k | £132k |
| Profit per employee | £653 | −£8.1k | −£21.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17.3% | ▼14.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1198% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼11.6% | ▼1.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −16.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £132k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£21.3k
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now 83
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Kent County Council (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Global Commercial Services Group Ltd75–100%
- Commercial Services Trading Ltd75–100%
- Commercial Services Education Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Commercial Services Education Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026