Aurora Care and Education Holdings Limited
Registered name: AURORA CARE AND EDUCATION HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Octopus Group Holdings Ltd groupAurora Care and Education Holdings Limited made £92.8m revenue and £6.1m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Aurora Care and Education Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 25% to £92.8m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £6.1m profit and 1,592 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in Gloucester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gloucester, South West
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £58.2m | £74.1m | £92.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£37.1m | −£45.7m | −£57m |
| Gross profit | £21.2m | £28.4m | £35.8m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £5.4m | £7.9m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.5m | −£532k | £6.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.9m | −£2.5m | £6.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.9m | −£2.5m | £6.1m |
| Employees (average) | 1,695 | 1,298 | 1,592 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −3.3% | −3.4% | 6.6% |
| Gross margin | 36.4% | 38.4% | 38.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £34.4k | £57.1k | £58.3k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.1k | −£2k | £3.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲27.2% | ▲25.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼23.4% | ▲22.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £58.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.8k
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now 1,592
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Octopus Group Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Octopus Capital Limited75–100%
- Octopus Administrative Services Limited50–75%
- Aurora Care and Education Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Aurora Care and Education Midco LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- H33 Housing 1 LtdFigures not disclosed
- H33 Housing 2 LtdFigures not disclosed
- H33 Housing 3 LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £6.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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