Now Education Group Limited
Registered name: NOW EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED
Part of Now Education Holdings Ltd groupNow Education Group Limited made £30.7m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Now Education Group Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £30.7m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.8m profit and 12 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West 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.
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 | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £28m | £31.4m | £30.7m |
| Cost of sales | £18.3m | £20.1m | £22.5m | £23.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £8m | £8.8m | £7.2m |
| Operating profit | — | £3.4m | £3m | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | — | £3.2m | £2.7m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £817k | £2.1m | £2.9m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £817k | £2.1m | £2.9m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £0 | £299k | £682k | £897k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 7.5% | 9.2% | 5.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 28.4% | 28.2% | 23.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £3.1m | £2.9m | £2.6m |
| Profit per employee | £272k | £233k | £263k | £148k |
| Cash conversion | — | −47.5% | −185.9% | −46.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲12% | ▼2.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲156.6% | ▲38% | ▼38.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲200% | ▲22.2% | ▲9.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £361k | £222k | £584k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £3.3m | £2.1m | £3.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.9m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £5.7m | £6.4m | £3.4m | £4.1m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £361k | £272k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.2m | −£1.6m | −£5.5m | −£1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £148k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −46.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- 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
- ▲84%
- Now £3.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲164%
- Now £584k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- ▼25%
- Now £272k
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £1.8m
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
- Now Education Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Now Education Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (8)
- Now Education Birmingham LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Now Education Cardiff LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Now Education East Midlands LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Now Education Leeds LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Now Education LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Now Education Lincoln LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Now Education Liverpool LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Now Education NWM 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 £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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