On Track Education Services Limited
Registered name: ON TRACK EDUCATION SERVICES LIMITED
On Track Education Services Limited made £16.6m revenue and £264k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
On Track Education Services Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £16.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £264k profit and 340 employees. The company is classified under “primary education” and is based in Bedford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bedford, South East
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
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) | £13.4m | £14.8m | £16.6m |
| Operating profit | £392k | £344k | £271k |
| Profit before tax | £388k | £399k | £376k |
| Profit after tax | £322k | £283k | £264k |
| Profit (best available) | £322k | £283k | £264k |
| Staff costs | £9.4m | £10.1m | £11.5m |
| Employees (average) | 294 | 314 | 340 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 1.9% | 1.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £45.7k | £47.1k | £48.7k |
| Profit per employee | £1.1k | £901 | £777 |
| Cash conversion | −107% | −282.9% | 374.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.2% | ▲11.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼12.1% | ▼6.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.8% | ▲8.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.7m | £4.4m | £2.8m |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £3.2m | £3.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £6.2m | £7.2m | £8.4m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2.4m | £5.2m |
| Deferred income | £4.3m | £4.7m | £5.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£420k | −£973k | £1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £48.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £777
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 374.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 31.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 31.5%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £3.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼37%
- Now £2.8m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 340
- Deferred income
- ▲10%
- Now £5.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £1.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £264k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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