Wilkes Academy Limited
Registered name: WILKES ACADEMY LIMITED
Wilkes Academy Limited made £4m revenue and £22k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Wilkes Academy Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £4m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £22k profit and 27 employees. The company is classified under “performing arts” and is based in Swindon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Swindon, South West
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2012
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £3.7m | £4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £179k | £42.9k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £168k | £31k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £124k | £22k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £124k | £22k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 20 | 25 | 27 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3.3% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 59.7% | 54.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £150k | £147k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £5k | £814 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲5.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼82.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲42.9% | ▲25% | ▲8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £19.1k | £231k | £226k | £43.1k |
| Net assets | −£158k | £71.3k | £160k | £179k |
| Fixed assets | £125k | £250k | £222k | £120k |
| Current assets | £199k | £484k | £506k | £1.1m |
| Debtors | £129k | £940 | £24.5k | £5.6k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £228k | £328k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 54.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £147k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £814
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £179k
- Cash at bank
- ▼81%
- Now £43.1k
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 27
- Deferred income
- ▲44%
- Now £328k
- Fixed assets
- ▼46%
- Now £120k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £22k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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