PPL Training Ltd
Registered name: PPL TRAINING LTD
PPL Training Ltd made £18.9m revenue and £3.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
PPL Training Ltd’s revenue grew 83% to £18.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.9m profit. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in York; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- York, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9m | £10.3m | £10.3m | £18.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£1.7m | −£2.1m | −£2.1m | −£3.7m |
| Gross profit | £7.2m | £8.2m | £8.2m | £15.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £2.9m | £2.9m | £3.9m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £3m | £3m | £4.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £3.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £3.9m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.1% | 22.1% | 22.1% | 20.6% |
| Gross margin | 80.7% | 79.3% | 79.3% | 80.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.5% | — | ▲82.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲80.7% | — | ▲70.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 80.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- PPL Digital Media LtdFigures not disclosed
- PPL Engineering Services LtdFigures 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 Dec 2025 (profit £3.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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