Meridian Trust
Registered name: MERIDIAN TRUST
Meridian Trust made £165m revenue and £15m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Meridian Trust’s revenue grew 5% to £165m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £15m profit and 2,289 employees. The company is classified under “pre-primary education” and is based in Huntingdon; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Huntingdon, East of England
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £173m | £157m | £165m |
| Cost of sales | — | £138m | £150m |
| Operating profit | £43.7m | £18.9m | — |
| Profit before tax | £43.7m | £18.9m | £15m |
| Profit after tax | £51m | £17.9m | £15m |
| Profit (best available) | £51m | £17.9m | £15m |
| Employees (average) | 2,371 | 2,411 | 2,289 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 29.5% | 11.4% | 9.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £72.9k | £64.9k | £72k |
| Profit per employee | £21.5k | £7.4k | £6.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.4% | ▲5.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼64.9% | ▼16.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.7% | ▼5.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £72k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.5k
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now 2,289
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Meridian Education Services LimitedRev. £407k · Profit £52.1k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £15m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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