The Roche School Limited
Registered name: THE ROCHE SCHOOL LIMITED
The Roche School Limited made £5.5m revenue and £635k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
The Roche School Limited’s revenue was £5.5m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £635k profit and 87 employees. The company is classified under “primary education”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 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) | £4.7m | £4.9m | £5.5m | £5.5m |
| Cost of sales | £3.7m | £3.8m | £4m | £3.6m |
| Gross profit | £925k | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | −£12.1k | £124k | £522k | £791k |
| Profit before tax | −£13.5k | £161k | £565k | £858k |
| Profit after tax | −£32.6k | £82.8k | −£300k | £635k |
| Profit (best available) | −£32.6k | £82.8k | −£300k | £635k |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £3.5m | £3.5m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 104 | 100 | 94 | 87 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.7% | 1.7% | −5.4% | 11.5% |
| Gross margin | 19.8% | 22.7% | 27.4% | 33.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £44.9k | £49.3k | £58.7k | £63.3k |
| Profit per employee | −£314 | £828 | −£3.2k | £7.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | −1090% | −237.9% | −6.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.6% | ▲12.1% | ▼0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼462% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.9% | ▼6% | ▼7.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £2.4m | £2.9m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £3.5m | £5.9m | £6.5m |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £3.7m | £6.5m | £7.1m |
| Current assets | £2.3m | £2.4m | £2.9m | £3.2m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £25.1k | £0 | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £471k | £485k | £942k | £1.5m |
| Cash from operations | −£65.5k | −£1.4m | −£1.2m | −£52.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £63.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −6.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 129.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 26.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.8%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £6.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼27%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 87
- Deferred income
- ▲54%
- Now £1.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £7.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £635k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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