MURPHY TOPCO LIMITED

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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. MURPHY TOPCO LIMITED 2020-10-27 → present
2. DMWSL 928 LIMITED 2020-06-29 → 2020-10-27

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

IFRS

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Grant Thornton UK LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Group's business results, together with factors that will likely affect future performance, are set out in the strategic report on pages 4-8. After reviewing the Group's forecasts and projections and taking into account the economic conditions and possible changes in trading performance of which the Company is a part, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being for a period of at least 12 months from the approval of these financial statements. The forecast period considered was to 31 August 2026, in line with the academic year end, although the going concern assessment period is 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. In preparing our updated budget and financial forecast in line with our usual timetable at Murphy Topco level, we started with our annual budget, and then adjusted for a drop in student numbers and extrapolated out until 2027. Any drop in student numbers is forecast to reverse by the end of the outlook. Cash and covenants were stress-tested until August 2026. A very significant decrease in student numbers or increase in cost could cause a breach in covenants and affect the cash position, but this is considered highly unlikely. Murphy Topco Limited, the ultimate parent, is therefore considered to continue to be a position to provide support to the BIMM University Limited Group if necessary, since the parent and parent group are themselves profitable.”

Group structure

1. MURPHY TOPCO LIMITED · parent
   1. Murphy Debtco Limited 100% · England and Wales · Holding company
   2. Murphy Midco Limited 100% · England and Wales · Holding company
   3. Murphy Bidco Limited 100% · England and Wales · Holding company
   4. BIMM Topco Limited 100% · England and Wales · Holding company
   5. BIMM 1 Limited 100% · England and Wales · Holding company
   6. BIMM Holdings Limited 100% · England and Wales · Holding company
   7. BIMM Group Limited 100% · England and Wales · Provision of music education
   8. Met Media Limited 100% · England and Wales · Provision of film making course
   9. Met Film Operations Limited 100% · England and Wales · Provisions of procurement service and equipment
   10. Met Film Limited 100% · England and Wales · Provisions of educational support services
   11. Met Film Post Limited 100% · England and Wales · Provision of Motion picture, video and television programme post-production
   12. Met Film School Limited 100% · England and Wales · Provision of Higher Education and Training
   13. Met Film Special Projects Limited 100% · England and Wales · Provision of Motion picture production activities
   14. Tech Music Schools Limited 100% · England and Wales · Trade hived up to BIMM Ltd in 2017
   15. BIMM University Limited 100% · England and Wales · Provision of music education
   16. Rock Place Management Limited 100% · England and Wales · Property management
   17. No. 7 Limited 100% · England and Wales · Property management
   18. Kings Square Management Limited 100% · England and Wales · Property management
   19. South Coast Sounds Limited 100% · England and Wales · Provision of music education
   20. BIMM Dublin Limited 100% · Ireland · Provision of music education
   21. BRICTT Limited 100% · England and Wales · Proposaled to strike off
   22. Brighton Film School Holdings Limited 100% · England and Wales · Holding company
   23. Brighton Film School Investments Limited 100% · England and Wales · Holding company
   24. Brighton Film School Limited 100% · England and Wales · Holding company
   25. The Dancehouse Property Management Limited 100% · England and Wales · Property management
   26. Northern Ballet School · England and Wales · Provision of dance education
   27. The Dancehouse Theatre Company Limited · England and Wales · Provision of staged events

Significant events

• “On 26 January 2024 BIMM Group Limited, a subsidiary of the Group, bought 100% of the share capital of Met Media Limited, and thus Met Media Limited and is subsidiaries Met Film Limited, Met Film Operations Limited, Met Film Post Limited, Met Film School Limited, and Met Film Special Projects Limited became part of the wider Group.”
• “The acquisition of Met Media Limited and subsidiaries contributed revenue of £9,388,320 and a net profit of £1,176,040 including a tax credit of £454,706 to the consolidated Murphy Topco Limited Group result for the period. Acquisition costs charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Income amounted to £2,774,069.”

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

Filings

15

last 12 months

Capital events

4

last 24 months

Officers appointed

4

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

  +11.1%

  £80,076,463 → £88,954,824

• Cash

  -37.6%

  £8,190,493 → £5,114,367

• Net assets

  +3.8%

  £61,631,007 → £63,961,533

• Employees

  +0.1%

  875 → 876

• Operating profit

  +131.2%

  -£2,331,329 → £727,895

• Profit before tax

  -17.5%

  -£16,561,145 → -£19,459,775

• Wages

  +3.4%

  £26,942,528 → £27,853,895

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