Art From the Start Limited
Registered name: ART FROM THE START LIMITED
Art From the Start Limited made £392k revenue and £3.2k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025. read from filing text
Art From the Start Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £392k in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £3.2k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets” and is based in York; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- York, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £416k | £392k |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £264k | £276k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £152k | £116k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £27.7k | £4.4k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £27.3k | £4.3k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £26.3k | £3.2k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £26.3k | £3.2k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 6.3% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 36.5% | 29.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £139k | £131k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £8.8k | £1.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼5.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼88% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £99.8k | £56.3k | £56.1k | £46.6k |
| Net assets | £16.4k | −£7.9k | £17.3k | £6.5k |
| Fixed assets | £172 | £204 | £8.1k | £6.5k |
| Current assets | £120k | £92.2k | £64.6k | £57.2k |
| Debtors | £18k | £1.1k | £6.2k | £8.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £131k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- 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
- ▼62%
- Now £6.5k
- Cash at bank
- ▼17%
- Now £46.6k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼20%
- Now £6.5k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £3.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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