Copthill School Limited
Registered name: COPTHILL SCHOOL LIMITED
Part of Copthill Holdings Limited groupCopthill School Limited made £3.7m revenue and £332k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Copthill School Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £3.7m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £332k profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “primary education” and is based in Grantham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Grantham, East Midlands
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £3.5m | £3.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £235k | £381k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £248k | £440k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £182k | £332k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £182k | £332k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 69 | 67 | 70 | 69 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 5.2% | 9.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 36.7% | 39.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £50.2k | £53.1k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £2.6k | £4.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲4.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲82.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.9% | ▲4.5% | ▼1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £692k | £1.1m | £1.7m | £720k |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £3.7m | £3.9m | £4.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £2.3m | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £1.9m | £3.1m | £3m |
| Debtors | £53.7k | £25.3k | £36k | £31.3k |
| Deferred income | £197k | £236k | £1.2m | £834k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £53.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 67%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 22.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £4.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼58%
- Now £720k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- ▼29%
- Now £834k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £2.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Copthill Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Copthill School 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 FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £332k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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