WL Property Limited
Registered name: WL PROPERTY LIMITED
Part of Burlington Education Holdings Limited groupWL Property Limited made £10.5m revenue and £448k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
WL Property Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £10.5m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £448k profit and 133 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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. From the filing: “WLP Holdings Limited”
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) | £9.5m | £9.4m | £9.5m | £10.5m |
| Cost of sales | £5.1m | £5.3m | £5.3m | £5.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £4.1m | £4.1m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £152k | £359k | £435k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £149k | £359k | £435k |
| Profit after tax | £925k | £163k | £325k | £448k |
| Profit (best available) | £925k | £163k | £325k | £448k |
| Staff costs | £4.5m | £4.5m | £4.3m | £4.9m |
| Employees (average) | 137 | 138 | 127 | 133 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.8% | 1.7% | 3.4% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | 46.3% | 43.9% | 43.6% | 43.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £69.1k | £67.9k | £74.6k | £79k |
| Profit per employee | £6.8k | £1.2k | £2.6k | £3.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1% | ▲1.2% | ▲10.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼82.4% | ▲99.8% | ▲37.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.7% | ▼8% | ▲4.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £216k | £1.3m | £519k | £291k |
| Net assets | £6.8m | £7m | £7.3m | £7.8m |
| Fixed assets | £418k | £387k | £335k | £338k |
| Current assets | £9.8m | £9.7m | £10.4m | £11.5m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.3m | £3.5m | £3.1m |
| Deferred income | £2.8m | £2.7m | £3.1m | £3.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £79k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 30%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 29.1%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £7.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼44%
- Now £291k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 133
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £3.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £338k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Burlington Education Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Burlington Education Finance Limited75–100%
- Burlington Education Ltd75–100%
- Cavendish Education Limited75–100%
- Cavendish Education and Training Limited75–100%
- WLP Holdings Limited75–100%
- WL Property 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).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £448k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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