Joint Council for Qualifications CIC
Registered name: JOINT COUNCIL FOR QUALIFICATIONS CIC
Joint Council for Qualifications CIC made £1.5m revenue and £147k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Joint Council for Qualifications CIC’s revenue grew 6% to £1.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £147k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2013
- Type
- Community Interest Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
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) | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Cost of sales | −£119k | −£109k | −£118k |
| Gross profit | £982k | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £74.8k | £165k | £142k |
| Profit before tax | £74.8k | £168k | £147k |
| Profit after tax | £74.8k | £168k | £147k |
| Profit (best available) | £74.8k | £168k | £147k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 9 | 10 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.8% | 12.2% | 10% |
| Gross margin | 89.2% | 92.1% | 92% |
| Revenue per employee | £157k | £153k | £147k |
| Profit per employee | £10.7k | £18.7k | £14.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.1% | ▲6.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲125% | ▼12.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲28.6% | ▲11.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 92%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £147k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.7k
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £147k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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