Heart of Birmingham Vocational College Ltd
Registered name: HEART OF BIRMINGHAM VOCATIONAL COLLEGE LTD
Heart of Birmingham Vocational College Ltd made £4.2m revenue and £144k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Heart of Birmingham Vocational College Ltd’s revenue grew 16% to £4.2m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £144k profit and 93 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.6m | £4.2m |
| Cost of sales | £3.5m | £4.1m |
| Gross profit | £109k | £144k |
| Operating profit | £109k | £144k |
| Profit before tax | £109k | £144k |
| Profit after tax | £109k | £144k |
| Profit (best available) | £109k | £144k |
| Employees (average) | 87 | 93 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 3% | 3.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £41.7k | £45.3k |
| Profit per employee | £1.3k | £1.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲31.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £58.3k | £229k |
| Net assets | £287k | £449k |
| Fixed assets | £394k | £386k |
| Current assets | £142k | £328k |
| Debtors | £16.3k | £13.6k |
| Deferred income | £6.6k | £113k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £45.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- 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
- ▲56%
- Now £449k
- Cash at bank
- ▲293%
- Now £229k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 93
- Deferred income
- ▲1608%
- Now £113k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £386k
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 Jul 2025 (profit £144k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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