Commercial Services Education Holdings Ltd
Registered name: COMMERCIAL SERVICES EDUCATION HOLDINGS LTD
Part of Kent County Council groupCommercial Services Education Holdings Ltd made £12m revenue and a £1.7m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Commercial Services Education Holdings Ltd’s revenue fell 14% to £12m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £1.7m and 90 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in West Malling; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Malling
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.8m | £13.9m | £12m |
| Cost of sales | −£10.4m | −£8.6m | −£7.5m |
| Gross profit | £6.4m | £5.4m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | £247k | −£621k | −£1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £247k | −£572k | −£1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £201k | −£593k | −£1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £201k | −£593k | −£1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 103 | 92 | 90 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | −4.3% | −14.4% |
| Gross margin | 37.9% | 38.6% | 37.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £163k | £152k | £134k |
| Profit per employee | £2k | −£6.4k | −£19.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17% | ▼13.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼395% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.7% | ▼2.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −14.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £134k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£19.3k
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now 90
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Kent County Council (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Global Commercial Services Group Ltd75–100%
- Commercial Services Trading Ltd75–100%
- Commercial Services Education Holdings Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Commercial Services Education LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (5)
- Consolidated Education Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- CSG Global Education LtdFigures not disclosed
- Impact Energy People Partners LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lifecycle Management Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Prospects Payroll LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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