Acs International Schools Limited
Registered name: ACS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS LIMITED
Acs International Schools Limited made £75.6m revenue and £5.8m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Acs International Schools Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £75.6m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £5.8m profit and 798 employees. The company is classified under “pre-primary education” and is based in Cobham Surrey; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cobham Surrey, London
- Age
- 59 yrs · since 1967
- 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 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £86.7m | £75.6m |
| Operating profit | −£8.7m | £5.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£8.7m | £5.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£8.7m | £5.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£8.7m | £5.8m |
| Employees (average) | 908 | 798 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −10% | 7.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £95.5k | £94.8k |
| Profit per employee | −£9.6k | £7.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼12.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £94.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.3k
- 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 798
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Acs Commercial Enterprises 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 Jul 2025 (profit £5.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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