Warnborough College Limited
Registered name: WARNBOROUGH COLLEGE LIMITED
Warnborough College Limited made £87.5k revenue and a £53.9k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Warnborough College Limited’s revenue fell 70% to £87.5k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £53.9k and 4 employees. The company is classified under “educational support services” and is based in Canterbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Canterbury, South East
- 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 | 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) | £70.7k | £121k | £291k | £87.5k |
| Cost of sales | £4.8k | £13.5k | £173k | £7.2k |
| Gross profit | £65.9k | £108k | £117k | £80.3k |
| Profit before tax | £3.5k | £22.2k | −£21.1k | −£53.9k |
| Profit after tax | £2.8k | £18.3k | −£21.1k | −£53.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.8k | £18.3k | −£21.1k | −£53.9k |
| Employees (average) | — | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4% | 15.1% | −7.3% | −61.6% |
| Gross margin | 93.2% | 88.8% | 40.4% | 91.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £30.3k | £72.7k | £21.9k |
| Profit per employee | — | £4.6k | −£5.3k | −£13.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲71.4% | ▲140.2% | ▼69.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲551.9% | ▼215.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.5k | £5.6k | £7.4k | £2.1k |
| Net assets | −£293k | −£16.3k | −£37.5k | −£96.1k |
| Fixed assets | £8.3k | £8.9k | £18.7k | £18.1k |
| Current assets | £29k | £31.1k | £28.7k | £32.5k |
| Debtors | £11.8k | £9.6k | £9.6k | £19.3k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −61.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 91.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £21.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£13.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22%
- 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 −£96.1k
- Cash at bank
- ▼71%
- Now £2.1k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £18.1k
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Warnborough Foundation Cio (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from AbridgedAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£53.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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