THE CITY LITERARY INSTITUTE

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Buzzacott Audit LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Taking all the above into consideration, the Institute has a reasonable expectation that it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, has therefore prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Significant events

• “We grew our enrolments by 5%, delivering over 5,500 courses... supporting over 27,500 students.”
• “Our 10th Mental Wealth Festival offered a huge selection of talks, panels, workshops and performances...”
• “The sixth year of Malorie Blackman 'Unheard Voices' Scholarships, supported new student voices in Creative Writing.”
• “We welcome four new Fellows: Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs; Kerry Godliman, comedian, actress, and writer known for her roles in "Derek" and "After Life"; Dr Janina Ramirez, art historian, author and broadcaster; and Professor Andrew Scott, Director of Economics at the Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford and Professor at London Business School.”
• “Our work in response to the government led Multiply project concluded with a celebration event...”
• “This year's Classics Week, in partnership with the British Museum, attracted over 300 participants.”
• “For the second year, we hosted the UK Massage Championships.”
• “To mark Refugee Week we presented a programme of events and courses that celebrate the resilience, creativity, and contributions of refugees. A highlight was 11 Deaf refugee and migrant students taking to the stage at the Royal Opera House...”
• “We celebrated our 27th annual Deaf Day - the biggest national event for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community.”
• “The Drama department staged a number of exceptional productions in our John Lyon's Theatre, including "A Vampire Story" and "Metamorphoses".”
• “The Department for Education closed the financial notice to improve and moved the college out of formal financial intervention in February 2025.”
• “we negotiated an interest and capital repayment holiday during 2024-25, with the interest accrued added to the loan balance. Under the revised loan terms, we will recommence interest payments in October 2025 and capital repayments in October 2027”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

4

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +11.4%

  £9,051,000 → £10,079,000

• Cash

  +68.5%

  £1,158,000 → £1,951,000

• Net assets

  -2.7%

  £7,387,000 → £7,185,000

• Employees

  +4.3%

  1,192 → 1,243

• Operating profit

  +32.5%

  -£295,000 → -£199,000

• Profit before tax

  +32.5%

  -£295,000 → -£199,000

• Wages

  +8.7%

  £10,402,000 → £11,303,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers