Orbital Qatar Limited
Registered name: ORBITAL QATAR LIMITED
Part of Orbital Education Limited groupOrbital Qatar Limited made £1.6m revenue and £409k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Orbital Qatar Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £1.6m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £409k profit. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Cheadle Hulme; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheadle Hulme, North West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £710k | £753k | £799k |
| Profit before tax | £710k | £753k | £810k |
| Profit after tax | £566k | £688k | £409k |
| Profit (best available) | £566k | £688k | £409k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 39.8% | 47.5% | 26.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.8% | ▲7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲21.6% | ▼40.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 26.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
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- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
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- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Orbital Education Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Orbital Qatar Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- Strategic Schools Partnership LimitedRev. £1.2m · Profit £427k
- Orbital Doha LimitedRev. £1m · Profit £530k
- Overseas School Placement LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £271k
- Orbital Balkans LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Orbital Eastern Europe LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Orbital Hispania LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Orbital Iberia LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Solaplus LtdFigures not disclosed
- Statham Sites LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £409k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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