Abc Schools Limited
Registered name: ABC SCHOOLS LIMITED
Part of Natwest Group PLC groupAbc Schools Limited made £8.8m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Abc Schools Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £8.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate parent undertaking is ABC Schools (Holdings) Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.1m | £7.7m | £7.7m | £8.8m |
| Cost of sales | £4m | £5.2m | £5.1m | £5.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.5m | £2.6m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £908k | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £735k | £1m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £735k | £1m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.1% | 13.6% | 15.2% | 14.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 32.7% | 34% | 32.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲27% | ▲0.7% | ▲13.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲41.9% | ▲12.8% | ▲6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £13.5m | £14.8m | £16.8m | £17.8m |
| Net assets | £6.4m | £6.9m | £8.6m | £9.7m |
| Current assets | £74.3m | £71.3m | £67.6m | £64m |
| Debtors | £60.8m | £56.5m | £50.8m | £46.2m |
| Deferred income | £908k | £822k | £788k | £706k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.8%
- 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
- 8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 524.2%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £9.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲6%
- Now £17.8m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼10%
- Now £706k
- 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
- Natwest Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Natwest Markets PLC75–100%
- Project & Export Finance (Nominees) Limited75–100%
- Abc Schools Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Consort Healthcare (Edinburgh Royal Infirmary) Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Consort Healthcare (Edinburgh Royal Infirmary) Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Consort Healthcare (Edinburgh Royal Infirmary) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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