Tribal Group PLC
Registered name: TRIBAL GROUP PLC
Tribal Group PLC made £92.5m revenue and £8.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Tribal Group PLC’s revenue grew 3% to £92.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £8.9m profit and 931 employees. The company is classified under “educational support services” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2000
- Type
- Public 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £85.8m | £90m | £92.5m |
| Cost of sales | −£43.6m | −£46.5m | −£46.5m |
| Gross profit | £42.1m | £43.5m | £46m |
| Operating profit | £7.3m | £6.9m | £13m |
| Profit before tax | £6.6m | £5.9m | £12.5m |
| Profit after tax | £5.3m | £5.5m | £8.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.3m | £5.5m | £8.9m |
| Employees (average) | 938 | 883 | 931 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.2% | 6.1% | 9.7% |
| Gross margin | 49.1% | 48.3% | 49.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £91.4k | £102k | £99.4k |
| Profit per employee | £5.6k | £6.2k | £9.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5% | ▲2.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲3.7% | ▲62.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.9% | ▲5.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 49.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £99.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.6k
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now 931
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (6)
- Empowering Education International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Semestry LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tribal Dynamics Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tribal Dynamics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tribal Education LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tribal Holdings 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 Dec 2025 (profit £8.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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