Duke Corporate Education Limited
Registered name: DUKE CORPORATE EDUCATION LIMITED
Duke Corporate Education Limited made £6.8m revenue and a £2.9m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Duke Corporate Education Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £6.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £2.9m and 42 employees. The company is classified under “technical and vocational secondary education” and is based in London; we hold 2 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. From the filing: “The company's immediate parent is Duke Corporate Education, Registered in the USA. The ultimate parent is Duke University, a private, educational, non-profit institution located in the USA. Copies of ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.4m | £6.8m |
| Cost of sales | £5.2m | £6m |
| Gross profit | £242k | £882k |
| Operating profit | −£2.8m | −£2.9m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.8m | −£2.9m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.8m | −£2.9m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.8m | −£2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 33 | 42 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −51.5% | −43% |
| Gross margin | 4.5% | 12.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £165k | £163k |
| Profit per employee | −£84.9k | −£69.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲27.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £164k | £645k |
| Net assets | −£5.4m | −£8.3m |
| Fixed assets | £458k | £348k |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £4.9m |
| Debtors | £920k | £950k |
| Deferred income | £586k | £544k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −43%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £163k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£69.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.9%
- 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 −£8.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲293%
- Now £645k
- Headcount
- ▲27%
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- ▼7%
- Now £544k
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £348k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Similar profitable businesses
- North Lancs. Training Group C.I.C.Accrington · Technical and vocational secondary education
- Revenue
- £6.6m
- Profit
- £80.9k
- Staff
- 132
- Jancett Childcare & Jace Training LimitedWallington · Technical and vocational secondary education
- Revenue
- £8.4m
- Profit
- £665k
- Staff
- 196
- Optimum Skills LimitedNewton Aycliffe · Technical and vocational secondary education
- Revenue
- £5.3m
- Profit
- £376k
- Staff
- 64
- Busy Bees Education & Training LimitedBurntwood · Technical and vocational secondary education
- Revenue
- £4.5m
- Profit
- £652k
- Staff
- 69
- Sylvia Young Theatre School LimitedLondon · Technical and vocational secondary education
- Revenue
- £4.3m
- Profit
- £138k
- Staff
- 110
- Skills to Group LimitedPlymouth · Technical and vocational secondary education
- Revenue
- £3.5m
- Profit
- £112k
- Staff
- 58
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£2.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.