O R Education Limited
Registered name: O R EDUCATION LIMITED
Part of Magnolia Topco Limited groupO R Education Limited made £33.6m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
O R Education Limited’s revenue was £33.6m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £2m profit. The company is classified under “temporary employment agency activities” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “As at the year end, the immediate parent company is O R Education Holdings Limited, and the ultimate parent company is OR Teaching Limited, both companies are incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.3m | £24.2m | £28.8m | £28.8m | £33.6m |
| Cost of sales | £13.5m | £16.6m | £19.4m | −£19.4m | −£23.2m |
| Gross profit | £5.8m | £7.6m | £9.4m | £9.4m | £10.4m |
| Operating profit | £919k | £2.2m | £3m | £3m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £905k | £2.1m | £3m | £3m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £727k | £1.7m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £727k | £1.7m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2m |
| Staff costs | £4.1m | £4.7m | £5.5m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 67 | 79 | 93 | — | — |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 3.8% | 7% | 7.9% | 7.9% | 5.9% |
| Gross margin | 30.2% | 31.3% | 32.6% | 32.6% | 30.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £288k | £307k | £310k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £10.8k | £21.4k | £24.4k | — | — |
| Cash conversion | −209.1% | −31.4% | −75.1% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.5% | ▲19% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲132.3% | ▲34.3% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.9% | ▲17.7% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £2.1m | £3.7m | — | — |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £3.1m | £5.2m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £129k | £133k | £93k | — | — |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £5.5m | £7.5m | — | — |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £2.6m | £2.9m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £683k | £437k | £406k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£1.9m | −£680k | −£2.2m | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- 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
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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Group structure
Ownership chain
- Magnolia Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Magnolia Midco Limited75–100%
- Magnolia Bidco Limited75–100%
- The Edwin Group Limited75–100%
- Or Teaching Ltd75–100%
- O R Education Holdings Limited75–100%
- O R Education 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).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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