Hastings Arts Forum Ltd
Registered name: HASTINGS ARTS FORUM LTD
Hastings Arts Forum Ltd made £33.6k revenue and £2.8k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Hastings Arts Forum Ltd’s revenue grew 5% to £33.6k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £2.8k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “operation of arts facilities” and is based in ST. Leonards-on-Sea; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Leonards-on-Sea, South East
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £34.4k | £32.1k | £33.6k |
| Gross profit | £34.4k | £32.1k | £33.6k |
| Operating profit | £7.6k | £3.2k | £2.8k |
| Profit before tax | £7k | £2.9k | £2.8k |
| Profit after tax | £7k | £2.9k | £2.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £7k | £2.9k | £2.8k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 20.4% | 8.9% | 8.3% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £34.4k | £32.1k | £33.6k |
| Profit per employee | £7k | £2.9k | £2.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.6% | ▲4.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼59.3% | ▼2.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £53.4k | £52.5k | £54k |
| Net assets | £33.9k | £36.8k | £39.5k |
| Current assets | £53.6k | £53.9k | £54.8k |
| Debtors | £235 | £500 | — |
| Deferred income | £2.9k | £2.7k | £12.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £33.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.8k
- 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
- 36.4%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £39.5k
- Cash at bank
- ▲3%
- Now £54k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- ▲347%
- Now £12.2k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £2.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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