Oxford Brookes Enterprises Limited
Registered name: OXFORD BROOKES ENTERPRISES LIMITED
Part of Oxford Brookes University groupOxford Brookes Enterprises Limited made £2.6m revenue and £937k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Oxford Brookes Enterprises Limited’s revenue fell 22% to £2.6m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £937k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Oxford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oxford, South East
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.4m | £2.6m |
| Cost of sales | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £872k |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £937k |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £937k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £937k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 55.8% | 35.4% |
| Gross margin | 65.9% | 54.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼21.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼50.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £421k | £403k |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £1.9m |
| Debtors | £211k | £314k |
| Deferred income | £818k | £528k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 35.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 54.4%
- 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
- 15.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 20%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.9%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼10%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼35%
- Now £528k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £403k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Oxford Brookes University (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Oxford Brookes Enterprises Limitedthis 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).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £937k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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