Girls' Education Company,limited
Registered name: GIRLS' EDUCATION COMPANY,LIMITED
Girls' Education Company,limited made £36.2m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Girls' Education Company,limited’s revenue grew 7% to £36.2m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.1m profit. The company is classified under “general secondary education” and is based in Bucks; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bucks, South East
- Age
- 130 yrs · since 1896
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.5m | £33.8m | £36.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £550k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 13 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 4.5% | 3.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.3m | £2.6m | — |
| Profit per employee | £76.6k | £118k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.3% | ▲7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲42.8% | ▼27.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.1% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- 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
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Wycombe Abbey International LimitedRev. £1.8m · Profit £1.3m
- Wycombe Abbey Services LimitedRev. £800k · Profit £158k
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 £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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