Tribal Education Limited
Registered name: TRIBAL EDUCATION LIMITED
Part of Tribal Group PLC groupTribal Education Limited made £57.4m revenue and £4.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Tribal Education Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £57.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £4.2m profit and 453 employees. The company is classified under “educational support services” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £63.4m | £60.2m | £57.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£41.7m | −£39.7m | −£26.3m |
| Gross profit | £21.7m | £20.5m | £31.1m |
| Operating profit | £4.7m | £3.4m | £5.6m |
| Profit before tax | £4.7m | £3.4m | £4.8m |
| Profit after tax | £3.6m | £3.2m | £4.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.6m | £3.2m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 642 | 581 | 453 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.6% | 5.3% | 7.3% |
| Gross margin | 34.2% | 34.1% | 54.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £98.8k | £104k | £127k |
| Profit per employee | £5.5k | £5.5k | £9.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.1% | ▼4.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼10.5% | ▲31% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.5% | ▼22% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 54.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £127k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.2k
- 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 453
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Tribal Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Tribal Education Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Empowering Education International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Semestry LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tribal Dynamics Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tribal Dynamics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tribal Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £4.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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