Ellesmere College Limited
Registered name: ELLESMERE COLLEGE LIMITED
Part of Sensient Technologies Corporation groupEllesmere College Limited made £11.7m revenue and a £593k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Ellesmere College Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £11.7m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £593k and 232 employees. The company is classified under “primary education” and is based in Shropshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Shropshire, West Midlands
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.4m | £12.2m | £12.8m | £11.7m |
| Cost of sales | £10.7m | £12.5m | — | — |
| Gross profit | −£344k | −£308k | — | — |
| Operating profit | −£410k | −£315k | −£178k | −£619k |
| Profit before tax | −£386k | −£315k | −£178k | −£619k |
| Profit after tax | −£386k | −£315k | −£127k | −£593k |
| Profit (best available) | −£386k | −£315k | −£127k | −£593k |
| Employees (average) | 240 | 243 | 244 | 232 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −3.7% | −2.6% | −1% | −5.1% |
| Gross margin | −3.3% | −2.5% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £43.3k | £50.1k | £52.6k | £50.2k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.6k | −£1.3k | −£522 | −£2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.3% | ▲5.4% | ▼9.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.3% | ▲0.4% | ▼4.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £110k | £177k | — | — |
| Net assets | £4.4m | £4m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £7.9m | £8m | — | — |
| Current assets | £798k | £1m | — | — |
| Debtors | £261k | £505k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £205k | £185k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £50.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.6k
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now 232
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sensient Technologies Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Pointing Limited75–100%
- Ellesmere College Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Ellesmere College International LimitedRev. £590k · Profit £262k
- Ellesmere College Enterprises LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Hurstpierpoint College LimitedRev. £40.3m · Profit £4.8m
- Queen Mary's School (Baldersby) LtdRev. £4.6m · Profit −£555k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£593k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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