Dorchester Arts Trading Limited
Registered name: DORCHESTER ARTS TRADING LIMITED
Dorchester Arts Trading Limited made £50.5k revenue and £14k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Dorchester Arts Trading Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £50.5k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £14k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in Dorchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dorchester, South West
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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) | £11.6k | £42.8k | £51.9k | £50.5k |
| Profit after tax | −£196 | £10.2k | £15k | £14k |
| Profit (best available) | −£196 | £10.2k | £15k | £14k |
| Staff costs | £3.5k | £9.6k | £12.1k | £11.9k |
| Employees (average) | — | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1.7% | 23.9% | 28.9% | 27.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £4.3k | £5.2k | £5k |
| Profit per employee | — | £1k | £1.5k | £1.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲268.7% | ▲21.3% | ▼2.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲46.6% | ▼6.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | −£1k | £1.7k | £2.2k | −£336 |
| Fixed assets | £4 | £4 | £4 | £4 |
| Current assets | £10k | £13.6k | £17.2k | £13.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 27.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼116%
- Now −£336
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £4
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £14k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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