Embassy Educational Services (UK) Limited
Registered name: EMBASSY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
Embassy Educational Services (UK) Limited made £15.8m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Embassy Educational Services (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £15.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.2m profit and 84 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in Cambridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cambridge
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1981
- 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: “EC English 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 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £434k | £6.9m | £14.3m | £15.8m |
| Cost of sales | £311k | £5.7m | £11.3m | −£12.9m |
| Gross profit | £123k | £1.2m | £3m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | — | £441k | £1.8m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£380k | £441k | £1.8m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£380k | £441k | £1.8m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 42 | 69 | 84 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −87.5% | 6.4% | 12.7% | 7.3% |
| Gross margin | 28.3% | 17.7% | 20.8% | 18.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £19.7k | £165k | £207k | £188k |
| Profit per employee | −£17.3k | £10.5k | £26.2k | £13.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1497% | ▲105.8% | ▲10.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲310% | ▼36.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲90.9% | ▲64.3% | ▲21.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £7.9k | £61.1k | £188k | — |
| Net assets | −£5.9m | −£5.5m | −£3.7m | — |
| Fixed assets | £574 | £309 | £28.5k | — |
| Current assets | £798k | £3.1m | £7.9m | — |
| Debtors | £790k | £0 | £640k | — |
| Deferred income | £127k | £637k | £2.1m | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £188k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.8k
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now 84
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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