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 £6.9m revenue and £845k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Victoria College of Arts and Design Limited’s revenue grew 700% to £6.9m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £845k profit and 101 employees. The company is classified under “first-degree level higher education” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 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
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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.2m | £1.2m | £865k | £6.9m |
| Cost of sales | £1.1m | £739k | £493k | −£2.7m |
| Gross profit | £121k | £507k | £372k | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £248k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £42.9k | £248k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £34.8k | £194k | £883k | £845k |
| Profit (best available) | £34.8k | £194k | £883k | £845k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 11 | 46 | 101 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 15.6% | 102.1% | 12.2% |
| Gross margin | 10.1% | 40.7% | 43% | 61.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £172k | £113k | £18.8k | £68.5k |
| Profit per employee | £5k | £17.7k | £19.2k | £8.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼30.6% | ▲699.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲354.5% | ▼4.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲318.2% | ▲119.6% |
| 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 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 61.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £68.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.4k
- 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
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲120%
- Now 101
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £845k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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