Renaissance Learning UK Limited
Registered name: RENAISSANCE LEARNING UK LIMITED
Part of Renaissance UK Holdco Ltd. groupRenaissance Learning UK Limited made £23.8m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Renaissance Learning UK Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £23.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.1m and 346 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in Brentford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brentford, London
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24m | £24.6m | £23.6m | £23.8m |
| Cost of sales | £13.1m | £9m | £8.4m | £7.1m |
| Gross profit | £10.9m | £15.6m | £15.2m | £16.7m |
| Operating profit | £607k | −£4.9m | £2.9m | −£198k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £7.3m | £15.4m | −£987k |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £7.2m | £15.7m | −£1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £7.2m | £15.7m | −£1.1m |
| Staff costs | £8.5m | £9.3m | £23.9m | £24.2m |
| Employees (average) | 135 | 142 | 390 | 346 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.2% | 29.5% | 66.3% | −4.7% |
| Gross margin | 45.4% | 63.3% | 64.5% | 70.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £178k | £173k | £60.6k | £68.8k |
| Profit per employee | £7.5k | £51k | £40.2k | −£3.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.4% | ▼3.9% | ▲0.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲619.5% | ▲116.5% | ▼107.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.2% | ▲174.7% | ▼11.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.1m | £3.5m | £5.5m | £380k |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £498m | £513m | £512m |
| Fixed assets | £619k | £509m | £533m | £533m |
| Current assets | £42.6m | £35.2m | £83.4m | £95.4m |
| Debtors | £5.9m | £3.2m | £2.2m | £6.1m |
| Deferred income | £36m | £28.7m | £23.5m | £24.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 70.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £68.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2238%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 104.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 25.5%
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now £512m
- Cash at bank
- ▼93%
- Now £380k
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 346
- Deferred income
- ▲6%
- Now £24.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £533m
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
- Renaissance UK Holdco Ltd.ultimate parent75–100%
- Renaissance Learning UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- GL Education Group LimitedRev. — · Profit −£1.9m
- RL Serviceco 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 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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