The National Teaching & Advisory Service Limited
Registered name: THE NATIONAL TEACHING & ADVISORY SERVICE LIMITED
Part of The National Teaching & Advisory Service for Looked After Children and Children in Need Limited groupThe National Teaching & Advisory Service Limited made £14.3m revenue and £878k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
The National Teaching & Advisory Service Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £14.3m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £878k profit and 445 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in Dean Row Road Wilmslow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dean Row Road Wilmslow, North West
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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. From the filing: “The National Teaching & Advisory Service For Looked After Children In Need Limited is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company.”
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.1m | £13.1m | £14.1m | £14.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £1m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £781k | £946k | £878k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £781k | £946k | £878k |
| Staff costs | £8.9m | £10.3m | £11.4m | £11.7m |
| Employees (average) | 416 | 398 | 442 | 445 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.8% | 6% | 6.7% | 6.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £29k | £32.8k | £31.9k | £32k |
| Profit per employee | £2.8k | £2k | £2.1k | £2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.2% | ▲7.8% | ▲1.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼34% | ▲21.1% | ▼7.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.3% | ▲11.1% | ▲0.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £577k | £852k | £749k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.8m | £2m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £30.4k | £25.9k | £18.8k | £16k |
| Current assets | £3m | £2.2m | £2.5m | £2.8m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £106k | £29.3k | £14.8k | £21.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £32k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼12%
- Now £749k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 445
- Deferred income
- ▲47%
- Now £21.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £16k
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
- The National Teaching & Advisory Service for Looked After Children and Children in Need Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Nt&as Trustee Limited75–100%
- The National Teaching & Advisory Service for Looked After Children and Children in Need Limited75–100%
- The National Teaching & Advisory Service Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Nt&as Trustee LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £878k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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