Post-graduate
UK companies organised by the CorpSignals industry, segment, and subsegment taxonomy.
Company snapshot
What this shows: the size and current activity of this classification, plus recent formations, company age, revenue coverage, and trade participation.
All companies
4492
Active companies
3201
Formed in latest 12 months
409
Median active-company age
5.1 years
Revenue known
95
Importers
43
Exporters
21
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 4,492 |
| Active companies | 3,201 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 409 |
| Importers | 43 |
| Exporters | 21 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 95 known, 3106 unknown (3.0%).
Company formations
What this shows: monthly incorporations and dissolutions from 1 January 2024, including companies of every current status.
Latest ten months shown in the chart
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 42 | 43 |
| 2025-12 | 25 | 36 |
| 2026-01 | 33 | 39 |
| 2026-02 | 21 | 37 |
| 2026-03 | 28 | 49 |
| 2026-04 | 40 | 42 |
| 2026-05 | 33 | 31 |
| 2026-06 | 31 | 38 |
| 2026-07 | 29 | 86 |
| 2026-08 | 12 | 29 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values. Companies House Active records with dormant accounts are shown as Dormant; the remaining Companies House Active records are shown as Active. Blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 2,646 |
| Dissolved | 1,269 |
| Dormant | 555 |
| Liquidation | 17 |
| Converted / Closed | 3 |
| In Administration | 2 |
Active companies by UK region
What this shows: active companies with a known ITL2 region. The UK map falls back to a bar chart if map data cannot be loaded.
Top values shown in the chart
| ITL2 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| Inner London - West | 545 |
| Inner London - East | 528 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 238 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 156 |
| West Midlands | 141 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 138 |
| Greater Manchester | 120 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 93 |
| South East Wales | 79 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 76 |
Geography coverage: 3178 known, 23 unknown (99.3%).
Revenue ranges
What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.
Top values shown in the chart
| Revenue range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 1,557 |
| 1m-15m | 284 |
| 15m-54m | 2 |
| 54m+ | 86 |
Revenue-range coverage: 1929 known, 1272 unknown (60.3%).
Company size and employees
What this shows: active companies by published size category and by reported employee count.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company size | Companies |
|---|---|
| Micro | 1,043 |
| Small | 709 |
| Medium | 6 |
| Large | 103 |
| Holding | 56 |
| Dormant | 555 |
Company-size coverage: 2472 known, 729 unknown (77.2%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 650 |
| 1–9 | 945 |
| 10–49 | 46 |
| 50–249 | 14 |
| 250+ | 2 |
Employee coverage: 1657 known, 1544 unknown (51.8%).
Active-company age
What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.
Top values shown in the chart
| Age band | Companies |
|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 400 |
| 1–3 years | 717 |
| 3–5 years | 469 |
| 5–10 years | 727 |
| 10–20 years | 532 |
| 20+ years | 356 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 3201 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
Classification breakdown
What this shows: active companies across the next taxonomy level; direct assignments are labelled separately. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Directly assigned to this segment | 3,201 |
International trade
What this shows: active-company participation in imports and exports, followed by the ten HS2 categories involving the most distinct companies.
Top values shown in the chart
| Trade participation | Companies |
|---|---|
| Importer only | 29 |
| Exporter only | 7 |
| Both | 14 |
| Neither | 3,151 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 30 | £3,780,090,748 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 21 | £4,571,437,715 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 20 | £4,663,369,865 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 9 | £285,619,422 | 2017-09-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 7 | £322,553,035 | 2017-07-01 – 2025-11-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 6 | £126,515,300 | 2016-03-01 – 2025-03-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 5 | £470,566,155 | 2018-09-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 5 | £249,495,122 | 2017-08-01 – 2025-02-01 |
| 30 — Pharmaceutical Products | 4 | £1,226,456,113 | 2020-05-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 4 | £676,932,968 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 15 | £951,350,084 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 9 | £950,103,891 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 7 | £1,530,299,292 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 4 | £441,595,756 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 30 — Pharmaceutical Products | 2 | £92,665,195 | 2020-08-01 – 2024-03-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 2 | £132,163,363 | 2021-12-01 – 2025-09-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 2 | £24,930,813 | 2018-06-01 – 2025-09-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 2 | £1,252,856 | 2016-05-01 – 2023-01-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 2 | £6,206,431 | 2021-10-01 – 2022-08-01 |
| 21 — Miscellaneous food products | 1 | £49,861,215 | 2020-09-01 – 2020-09-01 |
Business and digital traits
What this shows: active companies identified with selected ownership, business-model, and online-presence traits.
Values shown in the chart with data coverage
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 168 | 2,665 | 536 | 83.3% |
| Holding company | 1 | 2,665 | 536 | 83.3% |
| Solo founder | 1,547 | 2,665 | 536 | 83.3% |
| Ecommerce | 2 | 25 | 3,176 | 0.8% |
| Website | 37 | 37 | 3,164 | 1.2% |
| 24 | 37 | 3,164 | 1.2% |
Leading active companies
What this shows: the ten active companies with the highest non-missing revenue, with company number used as the deterministic tie-breaker.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| Elizabeth School Of London Limited | £74,947,093 |
| St. Piran's (gb) Ltd | £56,905,913 |
| Kaplan Sqe Limited | £36,524,048 |
| Uk College Of Business And Computing Ltd | £14,631,221 |
| The Education Group (london) Ltd | £14,568,746 |
| Icmp Management Limited | £13,743,189 |
| Learna Limited | £9,066,886 |
| Cardiff Met Company Ltd | £6,790,732 |
| William College Ltd | £6,285,460 |
| The University Of Manchester Worldwide Limited | £5,747,102 |
Revenue coverage: 95 known, 3106 unknown (3.0%).
Related classifications
What this shows: sibling classifications ranked by distinct active companies, excluding the current node. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Other education n.e.c. | 69,035 |
| Support services | 44,118 |
| Sports and recreation | 17,221 |
| Cultural education | 12,158 |
| Pre-primary | 9,105 |
| Primary | 7,061 |
| Secondary | 6,459 |
| Technical and vocational | 5,802 |
| Driving schools | 4,531 |
| Undergraduate | 2,634 |
| Post-secondary (non-tertiary) | 2,396 |
SIC classification
SIC 85422 — Post-graduate level higher education
Includes
education that leads to a post-graduate degree or equivalent (e.g. Ph.D., MA, M.Sc.) either at university or other institute which provides such study.
Details
This class includes the provision of instruction in athletic activities to groups of individuals, such as by camps and schools. Overnight and day sports instruction camps are also included. It does not include academic schools, colleges and universities. Instruction may be provided in diverse settings, such as the unit's or client's training facilities, educational institutions or by other means. Instruction provided in this class is formally organised.