Education Business Services (Stoke) Limited
Registered name: EDUCATION BUSINESS SERVICES (STOKE) LIMITED
Education Business Services (Stoke) Limited made £4.2m revenue and £263k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Education Business Services (Stoke) Limited’s revenue grew 31% to £4.2m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £263k profit and 159 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Stoke-on-Trent; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £2.6m | £3.2m | £4.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £2.4m | £2.9m | £3.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £238k | £289k | £379k |
| Operating profit | — | £210k | £238k | £325k |
| Profit before tax | — | £210k | £238k | £325k |
| Profit after tax | — | £170k | £178k | £263k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £170k | £178k | £263k |
| Employees (average) | 138 | 134 | 139 | 159 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 6.5% | 5.6% | 6.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 9.1% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £19.5k | £22.9k | £26.2k |
| Profit per employee | — | £1.3k | £1.3k | £1.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲21.6% | ▲31% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲5.1% | ▲47.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.9% | ▲3.7% | ▲14.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £92.9k | £49.7k | £84.9k | £113k |
| Net assets | £100 | £100 | £100 | £100 |
| Current assets | £92.9k | £49.7k | £85.4k | £113k |
| Debtors | — | — | £483 | — |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £26.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.7k
- 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
- 0%
- Now £100
- Cash at bank
- ▲33%
- Now £113k
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 159
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £263k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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