Schools Educational Software Ltd
Registered name: SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE LTD
Part of Permira VIII Investment Platform Limited groupSchools Educational Software Ltd made £4.1m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Schools Educational Software Ltd’s revenue fell 19% to £4.1m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.3m profit and 15 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- 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 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5m | £4.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£1.1m | −£1m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £2.3m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 17 | 15 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 27.1% | 32.5% |
| Gross margin | 78.3% | 74.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £295k | £272k |
| Profit per employee | £80.1k | £88.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼18.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼2.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼11.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 32.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 74.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £272k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £88.3k
- 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
- ▼12%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Permira VIII Investment Platform Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Eightplatform Xiv Limited75–100%
- Kant Topco Limited75–100%
- Kant Midco Limited75–100%
- Kant Midco 1 Limited75–100%
- Kant Bidco Limited75–100%
- Beagle Bidco Limited75–100%
- Darwin Acquisitions Limited75–100%
- The Key Support Services Limited75–100%
- Schools Educational Software Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Histon House LtdRev. £4m · Profit £1.8m
- Arbor Education Partners Group LtdFigures not disclosed
- Fusion Education People Solutions LimitedFigures 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 £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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