Benenden International Limited
Registered name: BENENDEN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of Benenden School (Kent) Limited groupBenenden International Limited made £422k revenue and £292k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Benenden International Limited’s revenue grew 129% to £422k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £292k profit. The company is classified under “pre-primary education” and is based in Cranbrook; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cranbrook, South East
- 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.
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) | £90.1k | £185k | £422k |
| Cost of sales | −£2.2k | −£2.6k | −£2.9k |
| Gross profit | £88k | £182k | £419k |
| Operating profit | −£36.3k | £40.6k | £292k |
| Profit before tax | −£36.3k | £40.6k | £292k |
| Profit after tax | −£36.3k | £40.6k | £292k |
| Profit (best available) | −£36.3k | £40.6k | £292k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −40.2% | 22% | 69.3% |
| Gross margin | 97.6% | 98.6% | 99.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲104.9% | ▲128.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲620.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 69.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 99.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Benenden School (Kent) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Benenden International Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Benenden SchoolFigures not disclosed
- Hemsted Park LtdFigures 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 Aug 2025 (profit £292k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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