QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited
Registered name: QS QUACQUARELLI SYMONDS LIMITED
QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited made £62.1m revenue and £5.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £62.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £5.9m profit and 717 employees. The company is classified under “other publishing activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1990
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £50.5m | £55.5m | £62.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£4.5m | −£6.6m | −£9.4m |
| Gross profit | £46m | £48.9m | £52.7m |
| Operating profit | £8.2m | £7.4m | £7.9m |
| Profit before tax | £8.5m | £7.9m | £8.4m |
| Profit after tax | £6.3m | £5.4m | £5.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.3m | £5.4m | £5.9m |
| Employees (average) | 677 | 699 | 717 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 12.4% | 9.8% | 9.5% |
| Gross margin | 91.1% | 88% | 84.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £74.6k | £79.4k | £86.6k |
| Profit per employee | £9.3k | £7.8k | £8.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10% | ▲11.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼13% | ▲8.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.3% | ▲2.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 84.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £86.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.2k
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now 717
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- QS Enrolment Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- QS Studentapply LtdFigures not disclosed
- QS Unisolution LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £5.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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