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Company No. 09676878 · Incorporated 8 Jul 2015

Change Education Limited

Registered name: CHANGE EDUCATION LIMITED

Part of Blackwater Capital Holdings Limited group

Change Education Limited made £611k revenue and a £217k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2023.

Change Education Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £611k in the year to 30 Sep 2023, with a loss of £217k and 3 employees. The company is classified under “temporary employment agency activities” and is based in Harrow; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection N · Administrative and support servicesSIC 78200Temporary employment agency activities
Status
Active
Location
Harrow, London
Age
11 yrs · since 2015
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.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2023

Key figures

Small teamCapital-lightCash flow filed
Revenue
£611k
Growth ▼7.4%
Profit
−£217k
Growth —
Profit margin
−35.4%
Gross 45.4%
Employees
3
Change ▼50%
Profit / employee
−£72.2k
Revenue/employee £204k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Sep 202230 Sep 2023
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£660k£611k
Cost of sales£247k£334k
Gross profit£413k£277k
Profit before tax−£95.8k−£217k
Profit after tax−£95.8k−£217k
Profit (best available)−£95.8k−£217k
Staff costs£297k£199k
Employees (average)63
Ratios
Profit margin−14.5%−35.4%
Gross margin62.5%45.4%
Revenue per employee£110k£204k
Profit per employee−£16k−£72.2k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼7.4%
Headcount growth—▼50%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£6.8k£79k
Net assets−£114k−£331k
Fixed assets£1.3k£1k
Current assets£266k£180k
Debtors£210k£36.9k
Deferred income£4k£4k
Cash from operations£164k£112k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−35.4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
45.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£204k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£72.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.2%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.7%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
6%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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 −£331k
Cash at bank
▲1059%
Now £79k
Headcount
▼50%
Now 3
Deferred income
0%
Now £4k
Fixed assets
▼25%
Now £1k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Blackwater Capital Holdings Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Greencastle Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. Change Education Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (14)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2023 (profit −£217k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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