UK College of Business and Computing Ltd
Registered name: UK COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND COMPUTING LTD
UK College of Business and Computing Ltd made £14.6m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
UK College of Business and Computing Ltd’s revenue fell 19% to £14.6m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.3m profit and 65 employees. The company is classified under “post-graduate level higher education” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.2m | £22.2m | £18m | £14.6m |
| Cost of sales | £4.6m | £8.6m | £3.8m | £7.4m |
| Gross profit | £12.6m | £13.6m | £14.2m | £7.2m |
| Operating profit | £3.8m | £3.5m | £4.5m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £3.3m | £1.4m | £4.1m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £3.3m | £817k | £3.1m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.3m | £817k | £3.1m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £3.9m | £3.4m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 87 | 86 | 70 | 65 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 19% | 3.7% | 17% | 8.8% |
| Gross margin | 73.2% | 61.1% | 78.7% | 49.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £198k | £258k | £258k | £225k |
| Profit per employee | £37.6k | £9.5k | £43.7k | £19.7k |
| Cash conversion | 64% | 79.8% | 102.8% | 117.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲29.2% | ▼18.8% | ▼18.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼75% | ▲274.2% | ▼58.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.1% | ▼18.6% | ▼7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £1.8m | £4.4m | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £572k | £1.4m | £4.4m | £5.7m |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £3.4m | £3m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £6.7m | £6.7m | £6.1m | £6.6m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £3.5m | £227k | £3.6m |
| Deferred income | £833k | £2.1m | £2m | £1.5m |
| Cash from operations | £2.5m | £2.8m | £4.6m | £2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 49.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £225k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 117.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.8%
- 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
- ▲29%
- Now £5.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼74%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 65
- Deferred income
- ▼25%
- Now £1.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £2.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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