Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts Ltd.
Registered name: DOREEN BIRD COLLEGE OF PERFORMING ARTS LTD.
Part of The Doreen Bird Foundation groupDoreen Bird College of Performing Arts Ltd. made £5.2m revenue and £290k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts Ltd.’s revenue grew 7% to £5.2m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £290k profit and 195 employees. The company is classified under “cultural education” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.1m | £4.6m | £4.9m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £6.1m | £6.3m |
| Profit before tax | £192k | £111k | £23.3k | £290k |
| Profit after tax | £192k | £111k | £23.3k | £290k |
| Profit (best available) | £192k | £111k | £23.3k | £290k |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £4m | £4.2m | — |
| Employees (average) | 170 | 169 | 197 | 195 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.6% | 2.4% | 0.5% | 5.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £24.3k | £27.1k | £24.9k | £26.8k |
| Profit per employee | £1.1k | £656 | £118 | £1.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 9.1% | 9.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.6% | ▲7% | ▲6.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼42.3% | ▼79% | ▲1147% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.6% | ▲16.6% | ▼1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £373k | £426k | £903k | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1m | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £521k | £603k | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Debtors | £14.5k | £71.3k | £16.2k | £9.2k |
| Deferred income | £171k | £343k | £589k | £787k |
| Cash from operations | £305k | £345k | £553k | £616k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £26.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 9.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 15%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲47%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 195
- Deferred income
- ▲34%
- Now £787k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £1.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Doreen Bird Foundationultimate parent75–100%
- Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £290k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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