Brooke House College Limited
Registered name: BROOKE HOUSE COLLEGE LIMITED
Part of DJW Education Limited groupBrooke House College Limited made £3.4m revenue and a £1.3m loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Brooke House College Limited’s revenue fell 54% to £3.4m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £1.3m and 75 employees. The company is classified under “general secondary education” and is based in Market Harborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Market Harborough, East Midlands
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate holding company is D J W Education Limited, a company registered in England & Wales and the financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of D J W Educa”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.2m | £8.9m | £7.5m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £729k | £629k | £148k | −£1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £700k | £588k | £111k | −£1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £597k | £423k | £79.7k | −£1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £597k | £423k | £79.7k | −£1.3m |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £3.2m | £3.2m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 134 | 166 | 114 | 75 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.3% | 4.8% | 1.1% | −36.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £61.2k | £53.5k | £65.6k | £45.5k |
| Profit per employee | £4.5k | £2.6k | £699 | −£16.7k |
| Cash conversion | — | 224% | 1034% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.3% | ▼15.7% | ▼54.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼29% | ▼81.2% | ▼1674% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲23.9% | ▼31.3% | ▼34.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.1m | £2.3m | £430k | £428k |
| Net assets | £5.2m | £5.6m | £5.7m | £4.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £10.8m | £10.4m | £8.1m | £7.9m |
| Debtors | £942k | £687k | £201k | £535k |
| Deferred income | £4.3m | £4.1m | £2.1m | £1.5m |
| Cash from operations | — | £1.4m | £1.5m | −£272k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −36.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £45.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£16.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 46.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 44.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.7%
- 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
- ▼22%
- Now £4.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼1%
- Now £428k
- Headcount
- ▼34%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- ▼26%
- Now £1.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £1.6m
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
- DJW Education Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Brooke House College Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Limavady Property Holdings 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 Aug 2025 (profit −£1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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