Institute of Art - London Limited
Registered name: INSTITUTE OF ART - LONDON LIMITED
Institute of Art - London Limited made £11m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Institute of Art - London Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £11m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.1m profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “post-secondary non-tertiary education” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.8m | £9m | £11m |
| Cost of sales | £3.5m | £3.3m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | £430k | £252k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £399k | £255k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £399k | £255k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £399k | £255k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 81 | 77 | 75 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.1% | 2.8% | 10.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £121k | £117k | £146k |
| Profit per employee | £4.9k | £3.3k | £15k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.2% | ▲22.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼36.1% | ▲341.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.9% | ▼2.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £146k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15k
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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