Victoria College of Arts and Design Limited
Registered name: VICTORIA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND DESIGN LIMITED
Part of Pen Group Holdings Limited groupVictoria College of Arts and Design Limited made £865k revenue and £883k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2024.
Victoria College of Arts and Design Limited’s revenue fell 31% to £865k in the year to 31 Aug 2024, with £883k profit and 46 employees. The company is classified under “first-degree level higher education” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.2m | £1.2m | £865k |
| Cost of sales | £1.1m | £739k | £493k |
| Gross profit | £121k | £507k | £372k |
| Operating profit | — | £248k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £42.9k | £248k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £34.8k | £194k | £883k |
| Profit (best available) | £34.8k | £194k | £883k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 11 | 46 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 15.6% | 102.1% |
| Gross margin | 10.1% | 40.7% | 43% |
| Revenue per employee | £172k | £113k | £18.8k |
| Profit per employee | £5k | £17.7k | £19.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼30.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲354.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲318.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £195k | £538k |
| Net assets | £34.9k | £229k | £1.1m |
| Fixed assets | — | £0 | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £2.8m | £3.7m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.3m | £2.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 102.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £18.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 314.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 241.7%
- 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
- ▲385%
- Now £1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲176%
- Now £538k
- Headcount
- ▲318%
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £2.7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pen Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Planet Education Networks Ltd75–100%
- Victoria College of Arts and Design Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Elizabeth School of London LimitedRev. £103m · Profit £9.2m
- Zenith Academy of Healthcare Studies LtdRev. £13.5m · Profit £2.6m
- William College LtdRev. £6.3m · Profit £786k
- London Professional College LtdRev. £1.4m · Profit £141k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- Anglo Skills College LimitedNottingham · First-degree level higher education
- Revenue
- £1m
- Profit
- £280k
- Staff
- 6
- Medco (Cccu) LimitedCanterbury · First-degree level higher education
- Revenue
- £1.5m
- Profit
- £43k
- Staff
- 0
- Escp Europe Corporate Services LimitedLondon · Post-graduate level higher education
- Revenue
- £790k
- Profit
- £92.8k
- Staff
- —
- Educateu LtdLondon · Post-graduate level higher education
- Revenue
- £344k
- Profit
- £61.4k
- Staff
- 2
- RCR Education LtdLondon · Post-graduate level higher education
- Revenue
- £2.6m
- Profit
- £41k
- Staff
- —
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2024 (profit £883k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.