Woodard Schools (Nottinghamshire) Limited
Registered name: WOODARD SCHOOLS (NOTTINGHAMSHIRE) LIMITED
Part of The Woodard Corporation groupWoodard Schools (Nottinghamshire) Limited made £13.2m revenue and a £125k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Woodard Schools (Nottinghamshire) Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £13.2m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £125k and 228 employees. The company is classified under “pre-primary education” and is based in Nottinghamshire; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and The Humber
- 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 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.4m | £11.6m | £13.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £12.9m | £13.3m |
| Operating profit | £549k | −£915k | −£129k |
| Profit before tax | £543k | −£909k | −£121k |
| Profit after tax | £543k | −£909k | −£125k |
| Profit (best available) | £543k | −£909k | −£125k |
| Employees (average) | 238 | 225 | 228 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.2% | −7.8% | −0.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £43.8k | £51.5k | £57.8k |
| Profit per employee | £2.3k | −£4k | −£546 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.3% | ▲13.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼267.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.5% | ▲1.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £57.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£546
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now 228
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Woodard Corporationultimate parent75–100%
- Woodard Schools (Nottinghamshire) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Woodard Schools (Nottinghamshire) Enterprises LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (10)
- Ardingly College LimitedRev. £45.1m · Profit £11m
- King's Schools Taunton LimitedRev. £16.8m · Profit −£1.2m
- Denstone College LimitedRev. £15.2m · Profit £556k
- 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).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£125k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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