Hopedale Children and Family Services Limited
Registered name: HOPEDALE CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Rubicone Topco Limited groupHopedale Children and Family Services Limited made £30m revenue and £5.8m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Hopedale Children and Family Services Limited’s revenue grew 34% to £30m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £5.8m profit and 477 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in Leek; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leek, West Midlands
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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: “Shine Bidco Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £4.3m | £22.4m | £30m |
| Cost of sales | — | £2.1m | £9.3m | £13.1m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.2m | £13.1m | £16.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | £315k | £20m | £7.8m |
| Profit after tax | — | £325k | £20m | £5.8m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £325k | £20m | £5.8m |
| Staff costs | — | £2.8m | £10.5m | £14.7m |
| Employees (average) | 92 | 82 | 386 | 477 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 7.5% | 89.2% | 19.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 51.3% | 58.6% | 56.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £52.8k | £58.1k | £62.8k |
| Profit per employee | — | £4k | £51.8k | £12.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲418.6% | ▲33.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲6051% | ▼71.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲370.7% | ▲23.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £997k | £1m | £514k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £2.4m | £22.5m | £28.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £4m | £6.9m | £8.6m |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £4.9m | £24.7m | £30.6m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £603k | £1.3m | £374k |
| Deferred income | £66.7k | £68.9k | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 56.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £62.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 28.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £28.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼50%
- Now £514k
- Headcount
- ▲24%
- Now 477
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲24%
- Now £8.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Rubicone Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Rubicone Midco Limited75–100%
- Rubicone Finco Limited75–100%
- Rubicone Bidco Limited75–100%
- Shine Bidco Limited75–100%
- Hopedale Children and Family Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Sunlight Education Nucleus LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £122k
- Poppy Field School LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 £5.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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