Queen Mary's School (Baldersby) Ltd
Registered name: QUEEN MARY'S SCHOOL (BALDERSBY) LTD
Part of Sensient Technologies Corporation groupQueen Mary's School (Baldersby) Ltd made £4.6m revenue and a £555k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Queen Mary's School (Baldersby) Ltd’s revenue fell 8% to £4.6m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £555k and 82 employees. The company is classified under “pre-primary education” and is based in Thirsk; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Thirsk, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7m | £5m | £4.6m |
| Cost of sales | £109k | £96.2k | £27.7k |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £417k | −£555k |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £412k | −£555k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £412k | −£555k |
| Employees (average) | 90 | 87 | 82 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 31.9% | 8.3% | −12.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £77.7k | £57.2k | £55.6k |
| Profit per employee | £24.8k | £4.7k | −£6.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼28.8% | ▼8.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼81.5% | ▼234.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.3% | ▼5.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −12.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £55.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.8k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now 82
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sensient Technologies Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Pointing Limited75–100%
- Queen Mary's School (Baldersby) Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Woodard Lettings (Yorkshire Schools) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Hurstpierpoint College LimitedRev. £40.3m · Profit £4.8m
- Ellesmere College LimitedRev. £11.7m · Profit −£593k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£555k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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