Wycombe Abbey Services Limited
Registered name: WYCOMBE ABBEY SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Girls' Education Company,limited groupWycombe Abbey Services Limited made £800k revenue and £158k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Wycombe Abbey Services Limited’s revenue grew 33% to £800k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £158k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Buckinghamshire; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Buckinghamshire, South East
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £447k | £600k | £800k |
| Cost of sales | −£214k | −£447k | −£491k |
| Gross profit | £233k | £153k | £309k |
| Operating profit | £49.9k | £43.7k | £158k |
| Profit before tax | £48.5k | £43.7k | £158k |
| Profit after tax | £48.5k | £43.7k | £158k |
| Profit (best available) | £48.5k | £43.7k | £158k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10.8% | 7.3% | 19.8% |
| Gross margin | 52.1% | 25.5% | 38.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £89.4k | £120k | £200k |
| Profit per employee | £9.7k | £8.7k | £39.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲34.2% | ▲33.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼9.9% | ▲262.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £200k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £39.6k
- 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
- ▼20%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Girls' Education Company,limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Wycombe Abbey Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Wycombe Abbey International LimitedRev. £1.8m · Profit £1.3m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £158k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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