KM School Limited
Registered name: KM SCHOOL LIMITED
Part of Care & Recreation Holdings Limited groupKM School Limited made £5.8m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
KM School Limited reported £5.8m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 2 employees. The company is classified under “primary education” and is based in York; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- York, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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. From the filing: “The Collegiate Formation Limited”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.6m | £9.2m | £9.5m | — |
| Cost of sales | £3.9m | £4.8m | £5m | — |
| Gross profit | £4.7m | £4.4m | £4.5m | — |
| Operating profit | −£106k | −£1m | −£1.6m | — |
| Profit before tax | −£153k | −£1.1m | −£1.6m | £5.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£174k | −£853k | −£1.2m | £5.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£174k | −£853k | −£1.2m | £5.8m |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £4.4m | £4.7m | — |
| Employees (average) | 101 | 106 | 108 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −2% | −9.3% | −13.1% | — |
| Gross margin | 54.5% | 48.2% | 47.1% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £85.6k | £86.6k | £88.3k | — |
| Profit per employee | −£1.7k | −£8k | −£11.6k | £2.9m |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.1% | ▲3.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5% | ▲1.9% | ▼98.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | −£130k | −£982k | −£2.2m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £3.9m | £3.8m | £4m | — |
| Debtors | £42.4k | £18.2k | £20.3k | £3.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.9m
- 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 £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼98%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Care & Recreation Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Collegiate Formation Limited75–100%
- KM School Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- Queen Ethelburga's College LimitedRev. £52.2m · Profit −£6.4m
- Queen Ethelburga's Services LimitedRev. £23.9m · Profit £2.5m
- Entertainment and Leisure Insurance Services LimitedRev. £314k · Profit £37k
- Chapter House Preparatory School LimitedRev. — · Profit £3.7m
- Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's LimitedRev. — · Profit £15.5m
- Halcyon Court (Yorkshire) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Norban LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Queen Ethelburga's Collegiate LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Queen Ethelburga's International School LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £5.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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