Laine Theatre Arts Limited
Registered name: LAINE THEATRE ARTS LIMITED
Part of Laine Theatre Arts Holdings Limited groupLaine Theatre Arts Limited made £4.3m revenue and £470k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Laine Theatre Arts Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £4.3m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £470k profit and 65 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in Rickmansworth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rickmansworth, East of England
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1974
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling party is Mrs E M Jenkins who is a director of the company and director and shareholder of the parent company, Laine Theatre Arts Holdings Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £3.8m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £348k | £495k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £390k | £563k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £307k | £470k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £307k | £470k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 68 | 72 | 69 | 65 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 8% | 10.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £55.5k | £66.1k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £4.4k | £7.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −45.9% | −166% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲12.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲53.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▼4.2% | ▼5.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £540k | £1.3m | £1.4m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £954k | £995k | £1.3m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £222k | £279k | £388k | £513k |
| Current assets | £1.1m | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £33k | £5.3k | £48.5k | £32.4k |
| Deferred income | — | £1.1m | £1m | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£160k | −£822k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £66.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −166%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 26.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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
- ▲36%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲47%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 65
- Deferred income
- ▲9%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲32%
- Now £513k
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
- Laine Theatre Arts Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Laine Theatre Arts Limitedthis 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 Aug 2025 (profit £470k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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