Ardingly College Limited
Registered name: ARDINGLY COLLEGE LIMITED
Part of The Woodard Corporation groupArdingly College Limited made £45.1m revenue and £11m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Ardingly College Limited’s revenue grew 43% to £45.1m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £11m profit and 580 employees. The company is classified under “primary education” and is based in Haywards Heath; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Haywards Heath, South East
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.4m | £29.5m | £31.5m | £45.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £27.6m | £29.3m | — |
| Operating profit | £761k | £1.9m | £2.4m | £11m |
| Profit before tax | £761k | £1.9m | £2.4m | £11m |
| Profit after tax | £761k | £1.9m | £2.4m | £11m |
| Profit (best available) | £761k | £1.9m | £2.4m | £11m |
| Employees (average) | 459 | 473 | 481 | 580 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 6.6% | 7.5% | 24.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £57.5k | £62.5k | £65.4k | £77.8k |
| Profit per employee | £1.7k | £4.1k | £4.9k | £19k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12% | ▲6.5% | ▲43.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲154.8% | ▲21.9% | ▲365.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3% | ▲1.7% | ▲20.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 24.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £77.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19k
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now 580
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Woodard Corporationultimate parent75–100%
- Ardingly College Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Ardingly Projects LimitedRev. £2m · Profit £409k
- Ardingly College International LimitedRev. £259k · Profit −£14.3k
Sister companies (10)
- King's Schools Taunton LimitedRev. £16.8m · Profit −£1.2m
- Denstone College LimitedRev. £15.2m · Profit £556k
- Woodard Schools (Nottinghamshire) LimitedRev. £13.2m · Profit −£125k
- Lancing College LimitedFigures not disclosed
- SJS Realisations LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smallwood Manor Preparatory School LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Cathedral School (Llandaff) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The King's School Tynemouth LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Peterborough School LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Woodard Schools (Midland Division) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £11m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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