Art-Line Limited
Registered name: ART-LINE LIMITED
Art-Line Limited made £23.4m revenue and £498k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Art-Line Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £23.4m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £498k profit and 218 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.1m | £25.1m | £23.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£10.4m | −£11.5m | −£10.6m |
| Gross profit | £12.7m | £13.5m | £12.8m |
| Operating profit | −£189k | £148k | £434k |
| Profit before tax | −£185k | £148k | £448k |
| Profit after tax | −£178k | £98.3k | £498k |
| Profit (best available) | −£178k | £98.3k | £498k |
| Employees (average) | 228 | 230 | 218 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.8% | 0.4% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 55.1% | 54% | 54.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £101k | £109k | £108k |
| Profit per employee | −£782 | £427 | £2.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.3% | ▼6.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲406.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.9% | ▼5.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 54.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £108k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.3k
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now 218
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Teaching Art LimitedRev. £3.8m · Profit −£188k
- Tal Media LimitedRev. £1.1m · Profit −£145k
- Teaching Art Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit −£1.4k
- The SQL Workshop LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- BGF GP Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £498k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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