Abbey School Limited
Registered name: ABBEY SCHOOL LIMITED
Part of Assum Limited groupAbbey School Limited made £10.5m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Abbey School Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £10.5m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.4m profit and 178 employees. The company is classified under “other human health activities” and is based in Chester; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chester, North West
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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: “On 12 November 2024, LHEB Limited became the new ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party of the Company.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2021 | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £6.9m | £10.6m | £10.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | £3m | £5.4m | £8.5m | £6.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.5m | £2.1m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £103k | £246k | £2m |
| Profit before tax | — | −£2.5m | £110k | £201k | £2m |
| Profit after tax | — | −£2.5m | £2m | −£379k | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£2.5m | £2m | −£379k | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | — | £2.8m | £5.1m | £7.8m | £6.5m |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 86 | 155 | 213 | 178 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 29.5% | −3.6% | 13.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 21.7% | 20.1% | 37.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £44.4k | £49.8k | £58.8k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£29.3k | £13.1k | −£1.8k | £8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲54.2% | ▼1.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼118.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲80.2% | ▲37.4% | ▼16.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £90.7k | £301k | £105k | £827k | £402k |
| Net assets | −£3.2m | £7.3m | £7.5m | £7.2m | £8.6m |
| Fixed assets | £11.8m | £11.4m | £9.5m | £9.1m | £9m |
| Current assets | £121k | £1.1m | £3.3m | £3.3m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £13.8k | £702k | £1.1m | £931k | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £0 | £1.1m | £2.2m | £2.5m | £2.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £58.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 85.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 25.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £8.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼51%
- Now £402k
- Headcount
- ▼16%
- Now 178
- Deferred income
- ▲7%
- Now £2.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £9m
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
- Assum Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Abbey School Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Special Needs Care LimitedRev. £7.1m · Profit £940k
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 £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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