Prospero Group Ltd
Registered name: PROSPERO GROUP LTD
Part of Prospero Group Holdings Limited groupProspero Group Ltd made £88.6m revenue and £4.9m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Prospero Group Ltd’s revenue fell 22% to £88.6m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £4.9m profit and 310 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 immediate parent and ultimate controlling party as at 3”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 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) | £68.5m | £100m | £114m | £88.6m |
| Cost of sales | £50.8m | £70.7m | £83m | £66.3m |
| Gross profit | £17.6m | £29.7m | £31m | £22.3m |
| Operating profit | £8.4m | £17.7m | £14.8m | £5.7m |
| Profit before tax | £8.4m | £17.8m | £15.2m | £6.6m |
| Profit after tax | £6.6m | £14.3m | £11.3m | £4.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.6m | £14.3m | £11.3m | £4.9m |
| Staff costs | £12.8m | £18.9m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 194 | 268 | 345 | 310 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.6% | 14.2% | 9.9% | 5.6% |
| Gross margin | 25.8% | 29.6% | 27.2% | 25.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £353k | £375k | £330k | £286k |
| Profit per employee | £34k | £53.3k | £32.7k | £15.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲46.7% | ▲13.5% | ▼22.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲116.5% | ▼21.1% | ▼56.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲38.1% | ▲28.7% | ▼10.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.8m | £8.2m | £5.9m | £8.6m |
| Net assets | £11.7m | £25.4m | £35.2m | £37.2m |
| Fixed assets | £150k | £288k | £283k | £272k |
| Current assets | £19.7m | £36.5m | £44.1m | £46m |
| Debtors | £12.7m | £16.6m | £13.6m | £8.9m |
| Deferred income | £2.6m | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £286k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £37.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲46%
- Now £8.6m
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 310
- Deferred income
- ▼12%
- Now £3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £272k
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
- Prospero Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Prospero Group Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Banquo LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (4)
- Folio Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Glendower Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hamnet UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Prospero Learning LtdFigures 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £4.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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