Highgate Hill House School Ltd
Registered name: HIGHGATE HILL HOUSE SCHOOL LTD
Part of Melrose Education Holdings Limited groupHighgate Hill House School Ltd made £2.3m revenue and £218k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2022.
Highgate Hill House School Ltd’s revenue fell 11% to £2.3m in the year to 31 Aug 2022, with £218k profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in Guildford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Guildford, South East
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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: “Melrose Education Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2021 | 31 Aug 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.5m | £2.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | £820k | £265k |
| Profit before tax | £820k | £265k |
| Profit after tax | £661k | £218k |
| Profit (best available) | £661k | £218k |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 42 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 26.1% | 9.7% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £61.8k | £53.8k |
| Profit per employee | £16.1k | £5.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼67% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £829k | £159k |
| Net assets | £31.7k | £250k |
| Fixed assets | £91.2k | £106k |
| Current assets | £986k | £1.2m |
| Debtors | £86.9k | £485k |
| Deferred income | £10.7k | £19.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £53.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.5%
- 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
- ▲688%
- Now £250k
- Cash at bank
- ▼81%
- Now £159k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- ▲83%
- Now £19.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▲16%
- Now £106k
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
- Melrose Education Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Melrose Education Investments Limited75–100%
- Melrose Education Limited75–100%
- Global Education Goals Group Ltd75–100%
- Highgate Hill House School Ltdthis 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 2022 (profit £218k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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