Denstone College Limited
Registered name: DENSTONE COLLEGE LIMITED
Part of The Woodard Corporation groupDenstone College Limited made £15.2m revenue and £556k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2024.
Denstone College Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £15.2m in the year to 31 Aug 2024, with £556k profit and 254 employees. The company is classified under “primary education” and is based in Staffordshire; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Staffordshire, West Midlands
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14m | £15.2m |
| Operating profit | £387k | £556k |
| Profit before tax | £387k | £556k |
| Profit after tax | £387k | £556k |
| Profit (best available) | £387k | £556k |
| Employees (average) | 245 | 254 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 3.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £57.3k | £60k |
| Profit per employee | £1.6k | £2.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲43.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £60k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.2k
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now 254
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Woodard Corporationultimate parent75–100%
- Denstone College Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Denstone College Enterprises LimitedRev. £561k · Profit £137k
Sister companies (10)
- Ardingly College LimitedRev. £45.1m · Profit £11m
- King's Schools Taunton LimitedRev. £16.8m · Profit −£1.2m
- Woodard Schools (Nottinghamshire) LimitedRev. £13.2m · Profit −£125k
- Lancing College LimitedFigures not disclosed
- SJS Realisations LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smallwood Manor Preparatory School LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Cathedral School (Llandaff) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The King's School Tynemouth LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Peterborough School LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Woodard Schools (Midland Division) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- The Garden House School LimitedLondon · Primary education
- Revenue
- £13.5m
- Profit
- £1.3m
- Staff
- 140
- Edgbaston High School for GirlsBirmingham · Primary education
- Revenue
- £13m
- Profit
- £1m
- Staff
- 229
- International Community College LimitedPrimary education
- Revenue
- £12.4m
- Profit
- £131k
- Staff
- 131
- Scarisbrick Hall School LimitedOrmskirk · Primary education
- Revenue
- £12.2m
- Profit
- £2m
- Staff
- 229
- Appleford LimitedNR Salisbury · Primary education
- Revenue
- £7.7m
- Profit
- £557k
- Staff
- 138
- ST. John's Preparatory & Senior School LimitedBorehamwood · Primary education
- Revenue
- £7.5m
- Profit
- £1.4m
- Staff
- 90
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2024 (profit £556k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 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.