Mainstream Training Limited
Registered name: MAINSTREAM TRAINING LIMITED
Mainstream Training Limited made £11.3m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Mainstream Training Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £11.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.6m profit and 105 employees. The company is classified under “post-secondary non-tertiary education” and is based in Maidstone; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Maidstone, South East
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.8m | £11.1m | £11m | £11.3m |
| Cost of sales | £5.1m | £8.3m | £7.4m | £8.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £2.8m | £3.5m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.7m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £938k | £889k | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £938k | £889k | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 102 | 128 | 110 | 105 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12% | 8% | 11.9% | 14.4% |
| Gross margin | 34.6% | 24.9% | 32.3% | 27.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £76.7k | £86.7k | £99.9k | £108k |
| Profit per employee | £9.2k | £6.9k | £11.9k | £15.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲41.9% | ▼1% | ▲3.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼5.1% | ▲46.7% | ▲24.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25.5% | ▼14.1% | ▼4.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £272k | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.7m | £2.1m | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.1m | £514k |
| Current assets | £2.3m | £2.4m | £2.6m | £3m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £848k | £1.1m | £268k |
| Deferred income | — | £139k | £0 | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £108k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲39%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 105
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼53%
- Now £514k
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Navajam Group Limited 25–50%
- Logikal Group Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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