London Teaching Pool Limited
Registered name: LONDON TEACHING POOL LIMITED
Part of TLTP Holdings Limited groupLondon Teaching Pool Limited made £11.5m revenue and a £253k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
London Teaching Pool Limited’s revenue fell 31% to £11.5m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £253k and 99 employees. The company is classified under “temporary employment agency activities” and is based in Romford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Romford, London
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.4m | £18.8m | £16.7m | £11.5m |
| Cost of sales | £12.4m | £13m | £11.5m | £7.7m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £5.8m | £5.2m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £1.5m | £793k | −£381k |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.5m | £837k | −£337k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.2m | £634k | −£253k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.2m | £634k | −£253k |
| Staff costs | £15.5m | £16.8m | £3.8m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 74 | 82 | 82 | 99 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.7% | 6.3% | 3.8% | −2.2% |
| Gross margin | 28.9% | 30.7% | 31% | 33.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £235k | £229k | £203k | £117k |
| Profit per employee | £15.7k | £14.4k | £7.7k | −£2.6k |
| Cash conversion | 96.4% | 99.7% | −175.2% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8% | ▼11.2% | ▼30.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1.4% | ▼46.3% | ▼139.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.8% | 0% | ▲20.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.8m | £3.2m | £2.5m | £429k |
| Net assets | £4.5m | £3.8m | £2.6m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £61.7k | £203k | £146k | £105k |
| Current assets | £6m | £4.7m | £3.5m | £2.6m |
| Debtors | £2m | £1.3m | £806k | £431k |
| Deferred income | £258k | £246k | £148k | £121k |
| Cash from operations | £1.4m | £1.5m | −£1.4m | £1.6m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £117k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- 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
- ▼22%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼83%
- Now £429k
- Headcount
- ▲21%
- Now 99
- Deferred income
- ▼18%
- Now £121k
- Fixed assets
- ▼28%
- Now £105k
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
- TLTP Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- London Teaching Pool Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£253k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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