Ardvreck School Limited
Registered name: ARDVRECK SCHOOL LIMITED
Part of Sedbergh Schools Group groupArdvreck School Limited made £3.1m revenue and a £219k loss in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Ardvreck School Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £3.1m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with a loss of £219k and 67 employees. The company is classified under “primary education” and is based in Crieff; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Crieff
- Age
- 66 yrs · since 1960
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.5m | £3.5m | £3.1m |
| Cost of sales | £3.1m | £3.4m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | −£622k | £76.7k | −£219k |
| Profit before tax | −£622k | £76.7k | −£219k |
| Profit after tax | −£622k | £76.7k | −£219k |
| Profit (best available) | −£622k | £76.7k | −£219k |
| Employees (average) | 61 | 60 | 67 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −25.1% | 2.2% | −7.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £40.6k | £58.7k | £46k |
| Profit per employee | −£10.2k | £1.3k | −£3.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲42.4% | ▼12.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼385.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.6% | ▲11.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £46k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.3k
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now 67
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sedbergh Schools Groupultimate parent75–100%
- Ardvreck School Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Sedbergh School Developments LimitedRev. £1.6m · Profit £161k
- Sedbergh School International LimitedRev. £390k · Profit £185k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit −£219k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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