Qahe Limited
Registered name: QAHE LIMITED
Part of Ichnaea UK Bidco Limited groupQahe Limited made £131m revenue and £15.3m profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Qahe Limited’s revenue was £131m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £15.3m profit and 639 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £111m | £132m | £131m |
| Cost of sales | −£49.6m | −£61.3m | −£62.1m |
| Gross profit | £61.2m | £70.5m | £69.2m |
| Operating profit | £28.8m | £29.1m | £22.1m |
| Profit before tax | £28.2m | £25.5m | £20.4m |
| Profit after tax | £28m | £21.3m | £15.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £28m | £21.3m | £15.3m |
| Employees (average) | 535 | 619 | 639 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 25.3% | 16.2% | 11.7% |
| Gross margin | 55.2% | 53.5% | 52.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £207k | £213k | £205k |
| Profit per employee | £52.3k | £34.4k | £23.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.9% | ▼0.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼23.9% | ▼28.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.7% | ▲3.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £205k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.9k
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now 639
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ichnaea UK Bidco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Seckloe 208 Limited75–100%
- Qahe Holdings Limited75–100%
- Qahe Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (10)
- Qahe (LM) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Qahe (MDX) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Qahe (Nu) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Qahe (Services) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Qahe (Solent) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Qahe (Su) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Qahe (SW) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Qahe (Ulst) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Qahe (Ur) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Qahe Pathways LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £15.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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