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Company No. 05071716 · Incorporated 12 Mar 2004

Derby School Solutions Limited

Registered name: DERBY SCHOOL SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Part of Sun Life Financial Inc. group

Derby School Solutions Limited made £3.9m revenue and £76.4k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Derby School Solutions Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £3.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £76.4k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “combined facilities support activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection N · Administrative and support servicesSIC 81100Combined facilities support activities
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
22 yrs · since 2004
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: “The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary undertaking of Derby School Solutions (Holdings)”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Small team
Revenue
£3.9m
Growth ▼10.9%
Profit
£76.4k
Growth ▼72.5%
Profit margin
2%
Gross 20.1%
Employees
0
Change —
Profit / employee
—
 
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£4.3m£4.9m£4.4m£3.9m
Cost of sales£3.2m£3.7m£3.3m£3.1m
Gross profit—£1.1m£1.1m£786k
Operating profit—£547k£419k£177k
Profit before tax£830k£1.1m£448k£185k
Profit after tax£708k£905k£278k£76.4k
Profit (best available)£708k£905k£278k£76.4k
Employees (average)—000
Ratios
Profit margin16.4%18.6%6.3%2%
Gross margin—23.5%24.7%20.1%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲12.7%▼9.8%▼10.9%
Profit growth—▲27.9%▼69.3%▼72.5%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£5.9m£1.1m£800k£438k
Net assets£1.1m£1.9m£2.4m£1.7m
Current assets£12.8m£12.3m£11.3m£10.1m
Debtors£997£0£890£0
Deferred income£262k£605k£277k£286k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
2%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
20.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
—
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
—
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
7.3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
0%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼31%
Now £1.7m
Cash at bank
▼45%
Now £438k
Headcount
—
Now 0
Deferred income
▲3%
Now £286k
Fixed assets
—
Now —

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Sun Life Financial Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Infrared (UK) Holdco 2020 Ltd.75–100%
  3. Infrared Partners LLP75–100%
  4. Infrared Capital Partners (Holdco) Limited75–100%
  5. Infrared (Infrastructure) Capital Partners Limited75–100%
  6. Infrastructure Investments General Partner Limited75–100%
  7. Infrastructure Investments Group Limited75–100%
  8. Infrastructure Investments Holdings Limited75–100%
  9. Derby School Solutions (Holdings) Limited75–100%
  10. Derby School Solutions 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).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £76.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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