Derbyshire Schools Limited
Registered name: DERBYSHIRE SCHOOLS LIMITED
Part of Amber Infrastructure Group Holdings Limited groupDerbyshire Schools Limited made £3.5m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Derbyshire Schools Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £3.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.7m profit. The company is classified under “management of real estate on a fee or contract basis” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.5m | £3.2m | £3.2m | £3.5m |
| Cost of sales | −£2.5m | −£2.1m | −£2m | −£2m |
| Gross profit | £983k | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | £772k | £1m | £1m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 28.9% | 43.2% | 46.5% | 48.7% |
| Gross margin | 28.4% | 34.5% | 36.7% | 42.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.6% | ▼0.3% | ▲8.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲39.3% | ▲7.4% | ▲13.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 48.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.1%
- 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
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
Ownership chain
- Amber Infrastructure Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Amber Infrastructure Holdings Two Limited75–100%
- Amber Infrastructure Holdings Limited75–100%
- Amber Infrastructure Group Limited75–100%
- International Public Partnerships GP Limited75–100%
- Ipp Holdings 1 Limited75–100%
- Ipp Bond Limited75–100%
- Bootle Derby Holdings Limited75–100%
- Ipp Properties Limited75–100%
- Derbyshire Schools Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- Derbyshire Courts LimitedRev. £5.6m · Profit £3.5m
- STM (H) LimitedRev. £2.1m · Profit £372k
- NW (BBP) LimitedRev. £1.4m · Profit £883k
- Derbyshire Courts (Property Co-Trustee) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ipp (Derbyshire Courts) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ipp Properties (Derbyshire Schools) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ipp Properties (Rhyl ST Asaph) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Peak Courts LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rhyl ST Asaph 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 £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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