Belfast Educational Services (Downpatrick) Limited
Registered name: BELFAST EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (DOWNPATRICK) LIMITED
Part of Belfast Educational Services (Downpatrick) Holdings Limited groupBelfast Educational Services (Downpatrick) Limited made £1.5m revenue and £381k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Belfast Educational Services (Downpatrick) Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £1.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £381k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Belfast; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 parent undertaking is Belfast Educational Services (Down”
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) | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Cost of sales | £855k | £858k | £1.1m | £984k |
| Gross profit | £444k | £494k | £531k | £500k |
| Operating profit | £137k | £181k | £132k | £80k |
| Profit before tax | £278k | £494k | £402k | £504k |
| Profit after tax | £225k | £371k | £302k | £381k |
| Profit (best available) | £225k | £371k | £302k | £381k |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 17.3% | 27.4% | 18.7% | 25.7% |
| Gross margin | 34.2% | 36.6% | 32.9% | 33.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.1% | ▲19.4% | ▼8.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲64.5% | ▼18.6% | ▲26.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.6m | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | −£355k | −£198k | −£129k | −£28.4k |
| Current assets | £16m | £15.2m | £14.8m | £14.7m |
| Debtors | £114k | £64.8k | £268k | £82.2k |
| Deferred income | £436k | £284k | £454k | £754k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 25.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 50.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- 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 −£28.4k
- Cash at bank
- ▲27%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲66%
- Now £754k
- 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
- Belfast Educational Services (Downpatrick) Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Belfast Educational Services (Downpatrick) 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 £381k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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