London School of Management Education Limited
Registered name: LONDON SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION LIMITED
London School of Management Education Limited made £5.1m revenue and £723k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
London School of Management Education Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £5.1m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £723k profit and 34 employees. The company is classified under “first-degree level higher education” and is based in Ilford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ilford, London
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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. From the filing: “The directors of the company control the company by virtue of a controlling interest of the issued share capital.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.9m | £5.4m | £5.1m |
| Cost of sales | £603k | £693k | £738k |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £4.7m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £1.3m | £981k |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £1.4m | £983k |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £987k | £723k |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £987k | £723k |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 34 | 34 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 20.8% | 18.3% | 14.2% |
| Gross margin | 87.8% | 87.1% | 85.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £134k | £158k | £150k |
| Profit per employee | £27.9k | £29k | £21.3k |
| Cash conversion | 35.5% | 74.1% | −21.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.9% | ▼5.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼4.3% | ▼26.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £1.6m | £713k |
| Net assets | £5.4m | £6.3m | £6.9m |
| Fixed assets | £681k | £778k | £726k |
| Current assets | £5.5m | £6.4m | £6.7m |
| Debtors | £4.3m | £4.7m | £6m |
| Deferred income | £20.5k | £22.9k | £19.8k |
| Cash from operations | £468k | £982k | −£215k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 85.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £150k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −21.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 117.5%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £6.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼57%
- Now £713k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- ▼14%
- Now £19.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £726k
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 Aug 2025 (profit £723k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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