Simply Education Limited
Registered name: SIMPLY EDUCATION LIMITED
Part of Tatton Recruitment Holdings Limited groupSimply Education Limited made £14.6m revenue and a £1.2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Simply Education Limited’s revenue fell 18% to £14.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £1.2m and 56 employees. The company is classified under “temporary employment agency activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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.
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) | £17.1m | £17.8m | £14.6m |
| Cost of sales | £11.7m | £12.3m | £10m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £5.6m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £1.2m | −£1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £1.2m | −£1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.2m | −£1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.2m | −£1.2m |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.6m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 46 | 56 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.3% | 6.5% | −8.5% |
| Gross margin | 31.8% | 31.3% | 31.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £418k | £388k | £260k |
| Profit per employee | £30.7k | £25.1k | −£22.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.2% | ▼18.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.2% | ▼207% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.2% | ▲21.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £18.7k | £27.5k | £17.1k |
| Net assets | £863k | £2m | £782k |
| Fixed assets | £83.1k | £48.6k | £58k |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £4.8m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £274k | £338k | £437k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £260k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£22.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.4%
- 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
- ▼61%
- Now £782k
- Cash at bank
- ▼38%
- Now £17.1k
- Headcount
- ▲22%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- ▲29%
- Now £437k
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £58k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Tatton Recruitment Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Simply Education Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Healthii People LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tatton Recruitment Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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