Lancing College Limited
Registered name: LANCING COLLEGE LIMITED
Part of The Woodard Corporation groupLancing College Limited made £26.3m revenue and £736k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2022.
Lancing College Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £26.3m in the year to 31 Aug 2022, with £736k profit and 409 employees. The company is classified under “pre-primary education” and is based in West Sussex; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Sussex
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2021 | 31 Aug 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.8m | £26.3m |
| Cost of sales | £23.7m | £26.7m |
| Operating profit | −£989k | £872k |
| Profit before tax | −£989k | £872k |
| Profit after tax | −£61.6k | £736k |
| Profit (best available) | −£61.6k | £736k |
| Employees (average) | 403 | 409 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.3% | 2.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £56.5k | £64.3k |
| Profit per employee | −£153 | £1.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2022 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2022 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £64.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.8k
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now 409
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Woodard Corporationultimate parent75–100%
- Lancing College Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Bury Manor Barn LtdFigures not disclosed
- Lancing College Enterprises Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Lancing College Preparatory School at Worthing LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (10)
- Ardingly College LimitedRev. £45.1m · Profit £11m
- King's Schools Taunton LimitedRev. £16.8m · Profit −£1.2m
- Denstone College LimitedRev. £15.2m · Profit £556k
- Woodard Schools (Nottinghamshire) LimitedRev. £13.2m · Profit −£125k
- SJS Realisations LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smallwood Manor Preparatory School LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Cathedral School (Llandaff) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The King's School Tynemouth LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Peterborough School LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Woodard Schools (Midland Division) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2022 (profit £736k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2022. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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