RTC Education Ltd
Registered name: RTC EDUCATION LTD
RTC Education Ltd made £54m revenue and £7.4m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2023.
RTC Education Ltd’s revenue grew 27% to £54m in the year to 31 Jul 2023, with £7.4m profit and 441 employees. The company is classified under “general secondary education” and is based in Harrow; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Harrow, London
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42.6m | £54m |
| Cost of sales | £6.6m | £8.6m |
| Gross profit | £36m | £45.4m |
| Operating profit | £10.1m | £9.7m |
| Profit before tax | £10.1m | £9.5m |
| Profit after tax | £8.1m | £7.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £8.1m | £7.4m |
| Staff costs | £11.5m | £18.2m |
| Employees (average) | 335 | 441 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 19% | 13.7% |
| Gross margin | 84.5% | 84.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £127k | £122k |
| Profit per employee | £24.2k | £16.8k |
| Cash conversion | 98% | 68.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲26.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲31.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £13.9m | £15.5m |
| Net assets | £21m | £28.3m |
| Fixed assets | £16.3m | £17.9m |
| Current assets | £24.6m | £30.4m |
| Debtors | £5m | £5.3m |
| Deferred income | — | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | £9.9m | £6.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 84.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £122k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 68.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 33.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.9%
- 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
- ▲35%
- Now £28.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲11%
- Now £15.5m
- Headcount
- ▲32%
- Now 441
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £17.9m
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- Profit
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2023 (profit £7.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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