People 1st International Limited
Registered name: PEOPLE 1ST INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of The Workforce Development Trust Limited groupPeople 1st International Limited made £790k revenue and a £349k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
People 1st International Limited’s revenue fell 36% to £790k in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £349k and 4 employees. The company is classified under “educational support services” and is based in Bristol; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.6m | £1.2m | £790k |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £1.2m | £790k |
| Operating profit | £70.5k | £25.8k | −£349k |
| Profit before tax | £70.5k | £25.8k | −£349k |
| Profit after tax | £70.5k | £25.8k | −£349k |
| Profit (best available) | £70.5k | £25.8k | −£349k |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 11 | 4 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 2.1% | −44.1% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £143k | £112k | £197k |
| Profit per employee | £6.4k | £2.3k | −£87.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼21.6% | ▼36.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼63.4% | ▼1450% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼63.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −44.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £197k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£87.1k
- 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
- ▼64%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Workforce Development Trust Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- People 1st International Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- SFJ Awards LimitedRev. £3.1m · Profit −£164k
- I-Can Qualifications LimitedRev. £1.2m · Profit £798k
- People 1st 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£349k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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