QV Education Limited
Registered name: QV EDUCATION LIMITED
Part of QV Bidco Limited groupQV Education Limited made £8.4m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
QV Education Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £8.4m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1m profit and 141 employees. The company is classified under “educational support services” and is based in Richmond; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Richmond, London
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £7.6m | £8.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £4.1m | £4.9m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.5m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.4m | £1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.4m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.4m | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.4m | £1m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £3.7m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 120 | 121 | 133 | 141 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 18.2% | 12.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 46.3% | 41% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £57.2k | £59.5k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £10.4k | £7.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲10.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼26.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.8% | ▲9.9% | ▲6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £1.5m | £3.2m | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.6m | £3m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | £2.7m | £3m | £3.5m | £4.3m |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £1.8m | £3.8m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £42k | £124k | £189k | £2m |
| Deferred income | £962k | £1.1m | £2.3m | £3.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £59.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 51.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 39.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.4%
- 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
- ▲34%
- Now £4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼66%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 141
- Deferred income
- ▲42%
- Now £3.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲23%
- Now £4.3m
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
- QV Bidco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- QV Education (Group) Limited75–100%
- QV Education Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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