THE LIVERPOOL INSTITUTE FOR PERFORMING ARTS

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  6 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. THE LIVERPOOL INSTITUTE FOR PERFORMING ARTS 1996-06-05 → present
2. THE LIVERPOOL SCHOOL FOR PERFORMING ARTS 1990-06-13 → 1996-06-05

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

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Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Crowe UK LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After a thorough review of the Group's status as a going concern, the Council has agreed that the Group has sufficient resources to continue to meet its obligations as they arise over the next 12 months. The Group has a five-year financial forecast that is cash positive. Student numbers for the September 2025 intake are broadly in line with expectations and, up to the time of signing these financial statements, student withdrawal levels are not out of line with previous years. The Group has undertaken stress testing on the assumptions within its financial forecasts and believe that the risk of significant adverse performance is very low.”

Group structure

1. THE LIVERPOOL INSTITUTE FOR PERFORMING ARTS · parent
   1. LIPA Enterprises Limited · England and Wales · provision of training courses

Significant events

• “LIPA began teaching students in 1996. It was designated a higher education institute in 2006.”
• “LIPA's degree programmes during the year were validated by Liverpool John Moores University as the awarding body, which conferred the qualifications.”
• “LIPA has achieved probationary Degree Awarding Powers (DAPs) and therefore will awards its own degrees in future.”
• “In June 2025 LIPA purchased One Hope Place, an educational building located approximately 200 metres from the Mount Street property. This will allow for expansion of activity in future and further alignment of strategic priorities with high quality accommodation.”

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

Filings

12

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

6

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +6.2%

  £11,516,088 → £12,230,899

• Cash

  -24.9%

  £3,769,882 → £2,829,799

• Net assets

  +0.7%

  £20,634,021 → £20,784,710

• Employees

  +1.3%

  155 → 157

• Profit before tax

  -71.4%

  £527,383 → £150,689

• Wages

  +5.9%

  £7,362,808 → £7,799,290

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