Teaching Art Limited
Registered name: TEACHING ART LIMITED
Part of Art-Line Limited groupTeaching Art Limited made £3.8m revenue and a £188k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2024.
Teaching Art Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £3.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2024, with a loss of £188k and 45 employees. The company is classified under “artistic creation” and is based in Newark; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newark, East Midlands
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.2m | £3.7m | £3.8m |
| Cost of sales | £1.7m | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | −£176k | −£363k | −£81.7k |
| Profit before tax | −£269k | −£459k | −£188k |
| Profit after tax | −£226k | −£458k | −£188k |
| Profit (best available) | −£226k | −£458k | −£188k |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 42 | 45 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −7.2% | −12.3% | −4.9% |
| Gross margin | 45.5% | 44.2% | 39.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £55.4k | £88.3k | £84.5k |
| Profit per employee | −£4k | −£10.9k | −£4.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲2.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £83.8k | £67.7k | £74.5k |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £204k | £212k | £161k |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £3.4m | £3.3m |
| Debtors | £85.1k | £56k | £32.8k |
| Deferred income | £308k | £253k | £251k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £84.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- 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
- ▼11%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲10%
- Now £74.5k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 45
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £251k
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £161k
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
- Art-Line Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Teaching Art Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Tal Media LimitedRev. £1.1m · Profit −£145k
- Teaching Art Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit −£1.4k
- The SQL Workshop LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2024 (profit −£188k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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