Beacon Education Services Trading Ltd
Registered name: BEACON EDUCATION SERVICES TRADING LTD
Part of Beacon Multi-Academy Trust Limited groupBeacon Education Services Trading Ltd made £1m revenue and £5.5k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Beacon Education Services Trading Ltd’s revenue grew 37% to £1m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £5.5k profit and 52 employees. The company is classified under “educational support services” and is based in Ilford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ilford, 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £557k | £741k | £1m |
| Cost of sales | −£553k | −£798k | −£1m |
| Gross profit | £4.1k | −£56.3k | £5.5k |
| Operating profit | £4k | −£56.4k | £5.5k |
| Profit before tax | −£388 | −£56.4k | £5.5k |
| Profit after tax | −£388 | −£56.4k | £5.5k |
| Profit (best available) | −£388 | −£56.4k | £5.5k |
| Employees (average) | 38 | 46 | 52 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.1% | −7.6% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 0.7% | −7.6% | 0.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £14.7k | £16.1k | £19.6k |
| Profit per employee | −£10 | −£1.2k | £106 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲33.1% | ▲37.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.1% | ▲13% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 0.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £19.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £106
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Beacon Multi-Academy Trust Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Beacon Education Services Trading 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 accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £5.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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