WORLD PENCIL LTD
ActiveKey figures
Ratios
2024/25Sector comparison
SIC 85520Where the company stands among the 7,120 active companies whose first SIC code is 85520 (Cultural education).
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Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 7,120. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: WORLD PENCIL LTD
What kind of company is it?
WORLD PENCIL LTD is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 09450422. It was incorporated on 20 Feb 2015. Its status is active. The registered office is in Bath (BA1). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is cultural education (85520), educational support services (85600), support activities to performing arts (90020).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 28 Feb 2025); the company files micro-entity accounts. Turnover was £25,589. Loss for the year was £6,835. Net assets were £7,740, up 20.3% on the previous year. Total assets were £10,540 and total liabilities £2,800. The company had an average of 2 employees. Figures are available for 6 financial years (2019/20–2024/25).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 7,120 active companies whose first SIC code is 85520: By turnover it ranks higher than 62% of the 537 that publish turnover (median £13,472). By net assets it ranks higher than 66% of them (median £2,013). By total assets it ranks higher than 53% of them (median £8,969). By number of employees it ranks higher than 75% of them (median 0). It is older than 81% of them (median age 4.0 years).
Does it supply the public sector?
The company is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from Arts Council England since 2025. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £93.8k.
Who runs and controls the company?
The company has 1 current director. One person with significant control is registered.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 30 Nov 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 6 Mar 2027.
Filed accounts2019/20–2024/25
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 10,647 | 36,906 | 40,329 | 104,014 | 25,589 |
| Profit for the year | 234 | 665 | -1,730 | 6,211 | -6,835 |
| Total assets | 11,591 | 9,882 | 7,434 | 34,882 | 10,540 |
| Total liabilities | 8,133 | 4,273 | 3,879 | 28,447 | 2,800 |
| Net assets / total equity | 3,458 | 5,609 | 3,555 | 6,435 | 7,740 |
| Average number of employees | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Average pay (per year) | — | 30,869 | 36,154 | 27,777 | 12,581 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Public contracts
2 contractsWORLD PENCIL LTD is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from Arts Council England since 2025. Their combined published value is £93.8k.
- ACE 1003 ITT - Touring Research 2025/26‡Arts Council England · £46,500
- GB-Manchester: ACE 618 ITT - Evaluation of Arts Council's bilateral partnerships with key European nations‡Arts Council England · £47,256
From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.
History
10 events- Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £25.6k, net assets £7,740, 2 employees
- Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £104k, net assets £6,435, 3 employees
- Financial year 2022/23 endedAccounts: turnover £40.3k, net assets £3,555, 1 employee
- Financial year 2021/22 endedAccounts: turnover £36.9k, net assets £5,609, 1 employee
- Financial year 2020/21 endedAccounts: turnover £10.6k, net assets £3,458, 0 employees
- Financial year 2019/20 endedAccounts: turnover £15.1k, net assets £3,080, 1 employee
- Mr Ben Marcus Richard Sandbrook registered as a person with significant control
- Name changed to WORLD PENCIL LTDPreviously IDEAS MADE REAL LTD
Earlier events (2)
- Ben SANDBROOK appointedDirector
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.