Paragon Education & Skills Group Holdings Limited
Registered name: PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Transformative Training & Education Holdco Ltd groupParagon Education & Skills Group Holdings Limited made £12.8m revenue and £767k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2022.
Paragon Education & Skills Group Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 31% to £12.8m in the year to 31 Jan 2022, with £767k profit and 171 employees. The company is classified under “technical and vocational secondary education” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Cardiff
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2021 | 31 Jan 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.8m | £12.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£5.8m | −£7.2m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£241k | £881k |
| Profit after tax | −£333k | £767k |
| Profit (best available) | −£333k | £767k |
| Employees (average) | 159 | 171 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −3.4% | 6% |
| Gross margin | 40.9% | 43.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £61.8k | £75.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.1k | £4.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲30.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2022 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2022 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £75.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 171
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Transformative Training & Education Holdco Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Transformative Training & Education Midco Ltd75–100%
- Transformative Training & Education Midco 2 Ltd75–100%
- Transformative Training & Education Ltd75–100%
- Knovia Group Limited75–100%
- Knovia Midco Limited75–100%
- Knovia Holdco Limited75–100%
- Knovia Limited75–100%
- Paragon Education & Skills Group Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Paragon Education & Skills Group LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Babington Business LimitedRev. — · Profit −£5.3m
- Paragon Education & Skills LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Temp Dent Dental Agency LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jan 2022 (profit £767k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2022. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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