King's Schools Taunton Limited
Registered name: KING'S SCHOOLS TAUNTON LIMITED
Part of The Woodard Corporation groupKing's Schools Taunton Limited made £16.8m revenue and a £1.2m loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
King's Schools Taunton Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £16.8m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £1.2m and 320 employees. The company is classified under “pre-primary education”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- South West
- 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) | £18.8m | £18.5m | £16.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £18.2m | £18.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £379k | −£1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £627k | −£1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £627k | −£1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £627k | −£1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 290 | 289 | 320 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.6% | 3.4% | −7.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £64.7k | £64.1k | £52.4k |
| Profit per employee | £4.9k | £2.2k | −£3.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.2% | ▼9.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼56.1% | ▼298.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.3% | ▲10.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £52.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.9k
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now 320
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Woodard Corporationultimate parent75–100%
- King's Schools Taunton Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- King's College Schools International LimitedRev. £686k · Profit £663k
- WST Enterprises LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (10)
- Ardingly College LimitedRev. £45.1m · Profit £11m
- Denstone College LimitedRev. £15.2m · Profit £556k
- 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).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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