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Company No. 10846169 · Incorporated 3 Jul 2017

Kaplan Essex Limited

Registered name: KAPLAN ESSEX LIMITED

Part of Graham Holdings Company group

Kaplan Essex Limited made £5.5m revenue and £294k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Kaplan Essex Limited’s revenue fell 18% to £5.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £294k profit and 36 employees. The company is classified under “first-degree level higher education” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection P · EducationSIC 85421First-degree level higher education
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
9 yrs · since 2017
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£5.5m
Growth ▼17.7%
Profit
£294k
Growth ▼21.6%
Profit margin
5.3%
Gross 30.2%
Employees
36
Change ▼20%
Profit / employee
£8.2k
Revenue/employee £153k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£7.3m£6.7m£5.5m
Cost of sales−£4.4m−£4.2m−£3.8m
Gross profit£2.9m£2.5m£1.7m
Operating profit£509k£467k£386k
Profit before tax£596k£498k£399k
Profit after tax£457k£375k£294k
Profit (best available)£457k£375k£294k
Employees (average)454536
Ratios
Profit margin6.3%5.6%5.3%
Gross margin40%37.8%30.2%
Revenue per employee£161k£149k£153k
Profit per employee£10.2k£8.3k£8.2k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼8%▼17.7%
Profit growth—▼17.9%▼21.6%
Headcount growth—0%▼20%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets———
SourceAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
5.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
30.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£153k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£8.2k
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.
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 —
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
▼20%
Now 36
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Graham Holdings Company (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Kaplan U.K. Limited75–100%
  3. Kaplan International Holdings Limited75–100%
  4. Kaplan International Colleges U.K. Limited75–100%
  5. Kaplan Essex Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (10)

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

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £294k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026

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