GDST (Enterprises) Limited
Registered name: GDST (ENTERPRISES) LIMITED
Part of The Girls' Day School Trust groupGDST (Enterprises) Limited made £3.6m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
GDST (Enterprises) Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £3.6m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.9m profit. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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) | £2.8m | £3m | £3.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£786k | −£757k | −£839k |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 49.3% | 51.2% | 53.7% |
| Gross margin | 72.3% | 75% | 76.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.6% | ▲19.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲10.9% | ▲25.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 53.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 76.8%
- 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
- The Girls' Day School Trustultimate parent75–100%
- GDST (Enterprises) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- GDST Pension Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Redmaids' High SchoolFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- Inspiredspaces Wolverhampton (Projectco1) LimitedLondon · Other business support service activities n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £3.6m
- Profit
- £1.4m
- Staff
- —
- Papercut Services UK LimitedBracknell · Other business support service activities n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £3.6m
- Profit
- £189k
- Staff
- 30
- Cofra G.B. LimitedLondon · Other business support service activities n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £3.6m
- Profit
- £231k
- Staff
- 14
- Smart Technologies (GB) LimitedLondon · Other business support service activities n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £3.6m
- Profit
- £140k
- Staff
- 24
- Lumon Risk Management LtdLondon · Other business support service activities n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £3.6m
- Profit
- £1.6m
- Staff
- 8
- WMT Troncmaster Services LtdLondon · Other business support service activities n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £3.7m
- Profit
- £1.1m
- Staff
- 29
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.