Education Solutions Speke Limited
Registered name: EDUCATION SOLUTIONS SPEKE LIMITED
Part of Little Duty Limited groupEducation Solutions Speke Limited made £2.9m revenue and £616k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Education Solutions Speke Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £2.9m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £616k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “management of real estate on a fee or contract basis” and is based in Stockport; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stockport, North West
- 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. From the filing: “The company is controlled by Equity Solutions (Manchester) Limited.”
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&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) | £2.5m | £2.8m | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Cost of sales | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Gross profit | £952k | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £486k | £658k | £555k | £567k |
| Profit before tax | £501k | £748k | £684k | £745k |
| Profit after tax | £425k | £633k | £569k | £616k |
| Profit (best available) | £425k | £633k | £569k | £616k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 17.2% | 22.6% | 20.1% | 21.5% |
| Gross margin | 38.6% | 42.9% | 43.7% | 42% |
| Revenue per employee | £822k | £932k | £942k | £956k |
| Profit per employee | £142k | £211k | £190k | £205k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.4% | ▲1.1% | ▲1.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲49.1% | ▼10.1% | ▲8.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £2.1m | £2.2m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £2.6m | £3.2m | £3.8m |
| Current assets | £11m | £9.6m | £7.9m | £6.3m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £146k | £0 | £533k |
| Deferred income | £214k | £12.3k | £24.4k | £135k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £956k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £205k
- 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
- 4.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.6%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £3.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- ▲454%
- Now £135k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Little Duty Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Equity Solutions (Manchester) Limited75–100%
- Education Solutions Speke Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £616k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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