London Professional College Ltd
Registered name: LONDON PROFESSIONAL COLLEGE LTD
Part of Pen Group Holdings Limited groupLondon Professional College Ltd made £1.4m revenue and £141k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
London Professional College Ltd’s revenue fell 1% to £1.4m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £141k profit and 21 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
- 18 yrs · since 2007
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 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) | £525k | £1.8m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Cost of sales | £224k | £453k | £309k | £218k |
| Gross profit | £300k | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £8.3k | £247k | £184k | £192k |
| Profit before tax | £8.3k | £247k | £181k | £191k |
| Profit after tax | £6k | £195k | £135k | £141k |
| Profit (best available) | £6k | £195k | £135k | £141k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £495k | £530k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 14 | 23 | 21 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 11% | 9.8% | 10.3% |
| Gross margin | 57.3% | 74.5% | 77.6% | 84.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £35k | £127k | £60.1k | £65.5k |
| Profit per employee | £402 | £13.9k | £5.9k | £6.7k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 54.4% | −1010% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼0.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲4.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼8.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.3k | £239k | £83.5k | £2m |
| Net assets | £13.1k | £208k | £343k | £485k |
| Fixed assets | £14.3k | £9.2k | £6.9k | £5.2k |
| Current assets | £59.8k | £1.6m | £2.2m | £2.9m |
| Debtors | £54.1k | £1.4m | £2.1m | £821k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £195k | £555k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £100k | −£1.9m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 84.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £65.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −1010%
- 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
- 40.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 59.7%
- 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
- ▲41%
- Now £485k
- Cash at bank
- ▲2325%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- ▲184%
- Now £555k
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £5.2k
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
- Pen Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Planet Education Networks Ltd75–100%
- London Professional College Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Elizabeth School of London LimitedRev. £103m · Profit £9.2m
- Zenith Academy of Healthcare Studies LtdRev. £13.5m · Profit £2.6m
- William College LtdRev. £6.3m · Profit £786k
- Victoria College of Arts and Design LimitedRev. £865k · Profit £883k
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 £141k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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