Overseas School Placement Limited
Registered name: OVERSEAS SCHOOL PLACEMENT LIMITED
Part of Orbital Education Limited groupOverseas School Placement Limited made £0 revenue and £271k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Overseas School Placement Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £271k profit. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Cheadle.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheadle, North West
- Age
- 20 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
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 |
| Operating profit | £185k |
| Profit before tax | £190k |
| Profit after tax | £271k |
| Profit (best available) | £271k |
| Employees (average) | — |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Net assets | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
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- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
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- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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Group structure
Ownership chain
- Orbital Education Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Overseas School Placement Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- Orbital Qatar LimitedRev. £1.6m · Profit £409k
- Strategic Schools Partnership LimitedRev. £1.2m · Profit £427k
- Orbital Doha LimitedRev. £1m · Profit £530k
- Orbital Balkans LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Orbital Eastern Europe LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Orbital Hispania LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Orbital Iberia LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Solaplus LtdFigures not disclosed
- Statham Sites LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £271k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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