Farringtons School Enterprises Limited
Registered name: FARRINGTONS SCHOOL ENTERPRISES LIMITED
Part of Methodist Independent Schools Trust groupFarringtons School Enterprises Limited made £192k revenue and £144k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Farringtons School Enterprises Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £192k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £144k profit. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods” and is based in Chislehurst; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chislehurst, London
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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) | £115k | £207k | £192k |
| Cost of sales | — | −£59.1k | −£47.5k |
| Operating profit | £99k | £148k | £144k |
| Profit before tax | £99k | £148k | £144k |
| Profit after tax | £99k | £148k | £144k |
| Profit (best available) | £99k | £148k | £144k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 86% | 71.4% | 75.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲79.5% | ▼7.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲49.1% | ▼2.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 75.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- 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
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Methodist Independent Schools Trustultimate parent75–100%
- Farringtons School Enterprises Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- Culford School (Trading Trust) LimitedRev. £1.1m · Profit £118k
- Queen's College Taunton Enterprises LimitedRev. £757k · Profit £219k
- Woodhouse Grove Enterprises LimitedRev. £714k · Profit £360k
- Moorlands School Enterprises LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offRev. £108k · Profit £89.1k
- Kent College (Canterbury) Enterprises LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kent College (Pembury) Enterprises LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Methodist Schools Property CompanyFigures not disclosed
- Truro School Enterprises LimitedFigures 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 Aug 2025 (profit £144k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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