Art Department Supplies Limited
Registered name: ART DEPARTMENT SUPPLIES LIMITED
Art Department Supplies Limited made £41.9k revenue and a £1.8k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Art Department Supplies Limited’s revenue fell 40% to £41.9k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £1.8k and 1 employee. The company is classified under “motion picture, video and television programme post-production activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £70.7k | £60.6k | £69.5k | £41.9k |
| Cost of sales | £21k | £28.2k | £13.4k | £19.7k |
| Gross profit | £49.7k | £32.3k | £56.1k | £22.2k |
| Operating profit | £24.2k | £1.7k | £16.7k | −£1.8k |
| Profit before tax | £24.2k | £1.7k | £16.7k | −£1.8k |
| Profit after tax | £24.2k | £1.7k | £15.2k | −£1.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £24.2k | £1.7k | £15.2k | −£1.8k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 34.2% | 2.8% | 21.9% | −4.3% |
| Gross margin | 70.3% | 53.4% | 80.7% | 52.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £70.7k | £60.6k | £69.5k | £41.9k |
| Profit per employee | £24.2k | £1.7k | £15.2k | −£1.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14.3% | ▲14.8% | ▼39.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼93% | ▲802.1% | ▼111.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £57.9k | £12.4k | £10.9k | £713 |
| Net assets | −£10.6k | −£8.9k | £100 | −£1.7k |
| Fixed assets | £9.4k | £41.4k | £26.5k | £26.5k |
| Current assets | £59.7k | £14.2k | £10.9k | £789 |
| Debtors | £1.8k | £1.8k | £0 | £76 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £41.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 63.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▼1804%
- Now −£1.7k
- Cash at bank
- ▼93%
- Now £713
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £26.5k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£1.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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