National Portrait Gallery Company Limited
Registered name: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY COMPANY LIMITED
National Portrait Gallery Company Limited made £4.6m revenue and £476k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
National Portrait Gallery Company Limited’s revenue fell 17% to £4.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £476k profit and 86 employees. The company is classified under “museums activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2006
- 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 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.3m | £5.6m | £4.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£1.7m | −£1.9m | −£2m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £3.6m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £200k | £1.2m | £456k |
| Profit before tax | £221k | £1.2m | £476k |
| Profit after tax | £221k | £1.2m | £476k |
| Profit (best available) | £221k | £1.2m | £476k |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 79 | 86 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.2% | 22.2% | 10.3% |
| Gross margin | 59.4% | 65.1% | 57.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £73.4k | £70.5k | £54k |
| Profit per employee | £3.8k | £15.7k | £5.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲30.8% | ▼16.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲462% | ▼61.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲36.2% | ▲8.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 57.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £54k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.5k
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now 86
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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- Profit
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- Staff
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- Profit
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- Profit
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- Revenue
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- Profit
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- Staff
- —
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £476k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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