Q&S Limited
Registered name: Q&S LIMITED
Part of Octopus Group Holdings Ltd groupQ&S Limited made £7.6m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Q&S Limited’s revenue was £7.6m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.3m profit and 202 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Gloucester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gloucester, South West
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2019
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 30 Apr 2024 | 31 Aug 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Profit only | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.1m | — | £7.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | −£6.1m | — | −£4.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £4m | — | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | — | £2m | — | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | £2m | — | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £766k | £1.4m | £894k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £766k | £1.4m | £894k | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 192 | 3 | 202 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 13.9% | — | 17.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 39.6% | — | 42.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £52.6k | — | £37.9k |
| Profit per employee | £255k | £7.3k | £298k | £6.5k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £1.2m | — | £1.6m | — |
| Fixed assets | £2.6m | — | £2.6m | — |
| Current assets | £30.1k | — | £278k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £37.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.5k
- 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
- —
- Now 202
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Octopus Group Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Octopus Capital Limited75–100%
- Octopus Administrative Services Limited50–75%
- Aurora Care and Education Holdings Limited75–100%
- Aurora Care and Education Midco Limited75–100%
- Aurora Care and Education Opco Limited75–100%
- Q&S Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- R.e.a.l. Education LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (6)
- Aurora Asd LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Aurora Fe LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Aurora Meldreth LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Beechkeys LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Beechkeys Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Trybond LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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