Kaplan Professional Awards Limited
Registered name: KAPLAN PROFESSIONAL AWARDS LIMITED
Part of Graham Holdings Company groupKaplan Professional Awards Limited made £257k revenue and a £209k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Kaplan Professional Awards Limited’s revenue grew 47% to £257k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £209k and 4 employees. The company is classified under “educational support services” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2009
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £175k | £257k |
| Cost of sales | −£15k | −£2k |
| Gross profit | £160k | £255k |
| Operating profit | −£307k | −£282k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£282k |
| Profit after tax | −£239k | −£209k |
| Profit (best available) | −£239k | −£209k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −136.6% | −81.3% |
| Gross margin | 91.4% | 99.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £43.8k | £64.3k |
| Profit per employee | −£59.8k | −£52.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲46.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −81.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 99.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £64.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£52.3k
- 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
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Graham Holdings Company (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Kaplan U.K. Limited75–100%
- Kaplan International Holdings Limited75–100%
- Kaplan Professional Awards Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (13)
- Kaplan International Colleges U.K. LimitedRev. £207m · Profit £22.4m
- Kaplan Open Learning LimitedRev. £31.4m · Profit £5.1m
- Osborne Books LimitedRev. £794k · Profit £334k
- Eagle Education and Training LimitedRev. £364k · Profit £67.1k
- Hawksmere LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Holborn College LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kaplan Assessments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kaplan Dubai LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kaplan Financial LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kaplan Professional Me LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kaplan Publishing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kaplan Saudi Arabia Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mander Portman Woodward LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£209k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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