The Prospect Trust
Registered name: THE PROSPECT TRUST
The Prospect Trust made £24m revenue and a £347k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
The Prospect Trust’s revenue was £24m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with a loss of £347k and 788 employees. The company is classified under “primary education” and is based in Farnborough; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Farnborough, South East
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £38m | £24m |
| Gross profit | £38m | £24m |
| Operating profit | −£777k | −£371k |
| Profit before tax | −£729k | −£347k |
| Profit after tax | −£729k | −£347k |
| Profit (best available) | −£729k | −£347k |
| Employees (average) | 752 | 788 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −1.9% | −1.5% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £50.6k | £30.4k |
| Profit per employee | −£969 | −£440 |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £3m |
| Net assets | £49.7m | £49.7m |
| Fixed assets | £46.9m | £48m |
| Current assets | £5.6m | £5.2m |
| Debtors | £12k | £2k |
| Deferred income | £990k | £1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £30.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£440
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 200.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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 £49.7m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £3m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 788
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £48m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit −£347k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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