Realise Learning and Employment Holdings Limited
Registered name: REALISE LEARNING AND EMPLOYMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Aqa Education groupRealise Learning and Employment Holdings Limited made £31.6m revenue and £3.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Realise Learning and Employment Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £31.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.7m profit and 492 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.3m | £28m | £31.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£16.6m | −£20.8m | −£21.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.7m | £7.2m | £10.2m |
| Operating profit | £744k | £2.7m | £4.7m |
| Profit before tax | £696k | £2.6m | £4.2m |
| Profit after tax | £969k | £1.7m | £3.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £969k | £1.7m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 454 | 498 | 492 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.6% | 6.1% | 11.7% |
| Gross margin | 21.9% | 25.8% | 32.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £46.9k | £56.2k | £64.2k |
| Profit per employee | £2.1k | £3.4k | £7.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲31.6% | ▲12.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲76.4% | ▲117.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.7% | ▼1.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £64.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.5k
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now 492
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Aqa Educationultimate parent75–100%
- Aqa Commercial Services Limited75–100%
- Realise Learning and Employment Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Realise Working Futures LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (5)
- Alphaplus Consultancy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Aqa Assessment Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Doublestruck LimitedFigures not disclosed
- North West Skills Academy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Training Qualifications UK LtdRev. — · Profit £2.9m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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