VICTORIA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND DESIGN LIMITED
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Cash
£4.5M
+738.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2M
+76% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
101
+119.6% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.2M
+4.5% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,200,500 | £1,245,927 | £864,562 | £6,913,559 | +699.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | £247,505 | £1,125,361 | £1,184,835 | +5.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £42,919 | £247,505 | £1,125,262 | £1,175,827 | +4.5% | |
| Net profit | £34,764 | £194,254 | £882,881 | £844,942 | -4.3% | |
| Cash | — | £194,806 | £538,004 | £4,511,931 | +738.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £34,864 | £229,118 | £1,164,338 | £7,345,716 | +530.9% | |
| Net assets | £34,864 | £229,118 | £1,111,999 | £1,956,941 | +76% | |
| Equity | £34,864 | £229,118 | £1,111,999 | £1,956,941 | +76% | |
| Average employees | 7 | 11 | 46 | 101 | +119.6% | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,200,800 | £3,024,920 | +151.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £141,083 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 19.9% | 130.2% | 17.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 15.6% | 102.1% | 12.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 108.0% | 96.7% | 16.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.70x | 2.39x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 63.48x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- VICTORIA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND DESIGN LIMITED 2022-10-03 → present
- VICTORIA COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN LIMITED 2022-10-02 → 2022-10-03
- VICTORIA COLLEGE OF LONDON LIMITED 2021-06-22 → 2022-10-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Andertons Europe Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Progress Towards OfS Registration”
- “Investment in Learning Resources and the Student Experience”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KANWAL, Zain Parvaiz | Director | 2024-09-16 | Sep 1993 | British |
| MCCOY, Jackie, Professor | Director | 2024-06-03 | Sep 1958 | British |
| WIBBERLEY, David Stuart | Director | 2024-09-16 | Oct 1960 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARUKI, Md Ali Akbar | Director | 2021-06-22 | 2025-04-05 |
| GREEN, Andrew Simon | Director | 2024-02-19 | 2025-08-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet Education Network Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-09-30 | Active |
| Mr Md Ali Akbar Faruki | Individual | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-06-22 | Ceased 2022-09-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 31 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-02-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type micro entity | |
| 2023-02-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.