Kaplan Sqe Limited
Registered name: KAPLAN SQE LIMITED
Part of Graham Holdings Company groupKaplan Sqe Limited made £41.7m revenue and £7.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Kaplan Sqe Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £41.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £7.3m profit and 109 employees. The company is classified under “post-graduate level higher education” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 7 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.6m | £26.2m | £36.5m | £41.7m |
| Cost of sales | £3.4m | £10.8m | £15.4m | £18.1m |
| Gross profit | £12.3m | £15.3m | £21.1m | £23.6m |
| Operating profit | £4.5m | £5.7m | £8.7m | £9.8m |
| Profit before tax | £4.5m | £5.7m | £8.8m | £10.1m |
| Profit after tax | £4.5m | £3.5m | £6.8m | £7.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.5m | £3.5m | £6.8m | £7.3m |
| Staff costs | £4m | £4.6m | £6m | £7.2m |
| Employees (average) | 65 | 83 | 96 | 109 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 29.1% | 13.4% | 18.6% | 17.5% |
| Gross margin | 78.5% | 58.6% | 57.8% | 56.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £240k | £315k | £380k | £382k |
| Profit per employee | £69.9k | £42.2k | £70.9k | £67.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲67.6% | ▲39.6% | ▲14.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼22.8% | ▲94.2% | ▲7.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲27.7% | ▲15.7% | ▲13.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £6.9m | £5.4m | £12.2m | £12.5m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £2.2m | £2m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £26.8m | £35.9m | £35.9m | £40.5m |
| Debtors | £391k | £2.4m | £34.3m | £38.8m |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 56.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £382k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £67.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 93.1%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £12.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲11%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 109
- Deferred income
- ▲28%
- Now £1.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▼23%
- Now £1.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Graham Holdings Company (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Kaplan U.K. Limited75–100%
- Kaplan International Holdings Limited75–100%
- Kaplan Financial Limited75–100%
- Kaplan Sqe Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Kaplan Training LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £7.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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