John Catt Educational Limited
Registered name: JOHN CATT EDUCATIONAL LIMITED
Part of Hachette Livre Sa groupJohn Catt Educational Limited made £3.5m revenue and £941k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
John Catt Educational Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £3.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £941k profit. The company is classified under “book publishing” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.7m | £3.3m | £3.5m |
| Cost of sales | −£1.8m | −£1.6m | −£1.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | £227k | £693k | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £227k | £693k | £1m |
| Profit after tax | −£5.7k | £703k | £941k |
| Profit (best available) | −£5.7k | £703k | £941k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.1% | 21.3% | 26.5% |
| Gross margin | 51.3% | 50.2% | 48.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.8% | ▲7.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲33.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 26.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hachette Livre Sa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Hachette UK (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Hachette UK Limited75–100%
- John Catt Educational Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (10)
- Carlton Books LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hachette UK Distribution LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hachette UK Pension Trust LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Headline Publishing Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hodder & Stoughton LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kogan Page LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Laurence King Publishing LtdFigures not disclosed
- Quercus Editions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Storyfire Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Welbeck Publishing Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £941k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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