ST Andrew's College Language Schools Ltd
Registered name: ST ANDREW'S COLLEGE LANGUAGE SCHOOLS LTD
Part of Trinity International Education Limited groupST Andrew's College Language Schools Ltd made £19m revenue and £970k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024. read from filing text
ST Andrew's College Language Schools Ltd’s revenue grew 24% to £19m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £970k profit and 155 employees. The company is classified under “cultural education” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 Trinity International Education Limited, a company incorporated in England & Wales. The ultimate parent undertaking is Trinity Viaggistudio S.R.L, a company incorpo”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £15.3m | £19m |
| Cost of sales | — | £12.1m | £14.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.1m | £4.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £902k | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | £896k | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | — | £724k | £970k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £724k | £970k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.1m | — |
| Employees (average) | 51 | 103 | 155 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 4.7% | 5.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 20.5% | 24.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £148k | £123k |
| Profit per employee | — | £7k | £6.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | −209.3% | −16.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲24.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲34% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲102% | ▲50.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £2.6m | £2.4m |
| Net assets | £869k | £1.5m | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £34.7k | £136k | £129k |
| Current assets | £1.5m | £2.7m | £2.8m |
| Debtors | £329k | £195k | £212k |
| Deferred income | — | £0 | £12.9k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.9m | −£200k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £123k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −16.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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
- ▲65%
- Now £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼4%
- Now £2.4m
- Headcount
- ▲50%
- Now 155
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £12.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £129k
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
- Trinity International Education Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- ST Andrew's College Language Schools Ltdthis 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 30 Sep 2024 (profit £970k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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