Clifton College Services Limited
Registered name: CLIFTON COLLEGE SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Clifton College groupClifton College Services Limited made £2.3m revenue and £298k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Clifton College Services Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £2.3m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £298k profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “operation of sports facilities” and is based in Bristol; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1993
- 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 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.7m | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Cost of sales | £1.1m | £1.4m | −£1.7m | −£1.8m |
| Gross profit | £655k | £845k | £560k | £522k |
| Operating profit | £285k | £329k | £362k | £298k |
| Profit before tax | £285k | £329k | £362k | £298k |
| Profit after tax | £285k | £329k | £362k | £298k |
| Profit (best available) | £285k | £329k | £362k | £298k |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 66 | 75 | 75 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 16.6% | 14.8% | 15.7% | 12.8% |
| Gross margin | 38.2% | 37.9% | 24.2% | 22.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £33k | £33.8k | £30.8k | £31.1k |
| Profit per employee | £5.5k | £5k | £4.8k | £4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲29.9% | ▲3.6% | ▲1.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲15.4% | ▲9.9% | ▼17.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲26.9% | ▲13.6% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £704k | £749k | — | — |
| Net assets | £278k | £398k | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £43.8k | £34.4k | — | — |
| Current assets | £1m | £1.2m | — | — |
| Debtors | £111k | £199k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £336k | £390k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £31.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4k
- 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
- 0%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Clifton College (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Clifton College Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £298k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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