Bimm University Limited
Registered name: BIMM UNIVERSITY LIMITED
Part of Murphy Topco Limited groupBimm University Limited made £68.4m revenue and £17.5m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Bimm University Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £68.4m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £17.5m profit and 567 employees. The company is classified under “first-degree level higher education” and is based in Hove; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hove, South East
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £76.3m | £75.6m | £68.4m |
| Operating profit | £18.5m | £28m | £17.5m |
| Profit before tax | £18.5m | £28m | £17.5m |
| Profit after tax | £17.4m | £29.5m | £17.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £17.4m | £29.5m | £17.5m |
| Employees (average) | 692 | 468 | 567 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 22.8% | 39% | 25.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £110k | £162k | £121k |
| Profit per employee | £25.1k | £63k | £30.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.9% | ▼9.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲69.7% | ▼40.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼32.4% | ▲21.1% |
| 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
- 25.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £121k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £30.8k
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now 567
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Murphy Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Murphy Debtco Limited75–100%
- Murphy Midco Limited75–100%
- Murphy Bidco Limited75–100%
- Bimm Topco Limited75–100%
- Bimm 1 Limited75–100%
- Bimm Holdings Limited75–100%
- Bimm Group Limited75–100%
- Bimm University Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- NO.7 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tech Music Schools LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Met Media LimitedRev. £247k · Profit £241k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £17.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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