Barnet Education and Learning Service Limited
Registered name: BARNET EDUCATION AND LEARNING SERVICE LIMITED
Part of London Borough Of Barnet groupBarnet Education and Learning Service Limited made £25m revenue and £130k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Barnet Education and Learning Service Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £25m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £130k profit and 219 employees. The company is classified under “educational support services” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 immediate”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | £19.1m | £20.5m | £21.8m | £25m |
| Cost of sales | £17.1m | £18.3m | £19.4m | £22.1m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £2.2m | £2.4m | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | £32.9k | −£5.9k | −£62.2k | £130k |
| Profit (best available) | £32.9k | −£5.9k | −£62.2k | £130k |
| Staff costs | £10.7m | £11.8m | £13.3m | £15.3m |
| Employees (average) | 183 | 197 | 231 | 219 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | 0% | −0.3% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 10.4% | 10.8% | 11.1% | 11.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £104k | £104k | £94.5k | £114k |
| Profit per employee | £180 | −£30 | −£269 | £596 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.4% | ▲6.5% | ▲14.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼118.1% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.6% | ▲17.3% | ▼5.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £3.2m | £2m | £5.4m |
| Net assets | £501k | £474k | £412k | £555k |
| Debtors | £232k | £88.1k | £215k | — |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1m | £1.2m | £2.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £114k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £596
- 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
- 8.9%
- 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
- ▲35%
- Now £555k
- Cash at bank
- ▲165%
- Now £5.4m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 219
- Deferred income
- ▲79%
- Now £2.2m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- London Borough Of Barnet (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Barnet Education and Learning Service Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £130k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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