Arden University Limited
Registered name: ARDEN UNIVERSITY LIMITED
Part of Global Academic Holdings Ltd groupArden University Limited made £241m revenue and £64.7m profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Arden University Limited’s revenue grew 27% to £241m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £64.7m profit and 1,312 employees. The company is classified under “technical and vocational secondary education” and is based in Coventry; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Coventry, West Midlands
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1989
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £94.7m | £189m | £241m |
| Cost of sales | −£22.2m | −£41.9m | −£46.6m |
| Gross profit | £72.5m | £148m | £195m |
| Operating profit | £27.5m | £53.4m | £78.7m |
| Profit before tax | £29.3m | £58.8m | £87.6m |
| Profit after tax | £23.2m | £43.7m | £64.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £23.2m | £43.7m | £64.7m |
| Employees (average) | 948 | 1,131 | 1,312 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 24.6% | 23.1% | 26.8% |
| Gross margin | 76.6% | 77.9% | 80.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £99.9k | £167k | £184k |
| Profit per employee | £24.5k | £38.6k | £49.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲27.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲48% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲16% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 26.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 80.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £184k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £49.3k
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now 1,312
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Global Academic Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Gah Midco Ltd75–100%
- Gah Holdco Ltd75–100%
- Gah Education Holding Limited75–100%
- Au Bidco Limited75–100%
- Arden University Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Resource Development International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Institute of Business and Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £64.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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