Cultural education
UK companies organised by the CorpSignals industry, segment, and subsegment taxonomy.
Company snapshot
What this shows: the size and current activity of this classification, plus recent formations, company age, revenue coverage, and trade participation.
All companies
16141
Active companies
12293
Formed in latest 12 months
2376
Median active-company age
3.7 years
Revenue known
923
Importers
43
Exporters
27
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 16,141 |
| Active companies | 12,293 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 2,376 |
| Importers | 43 |
| Exporters | 27 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 923 known, 11370 unknown (7.5%).
Company formations
What this shows: monthly incorporations and dissolutions from 1 January 2024, including companies of every current status.
Latest ten months shown in the chart
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 147 | 158 |
| 2026-01 | 217 | 113 |
| 2026-02 | 163 | 145 |
| 2026-03 | 239 | 157 |
| 2026-04 | 217 | 108 |
| 2026-05 | 188 | 129 |
| 2026-06 | 211 | 97 |
| 2026-07 | 208 | 216 |
| 2026-08 | 185 | 106 |
| 2026-09 | 127 | 110 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-09.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values. Companies House Active records with dormant accounts are shown as Dormant; the remaining Companies House Active records are shown as Active. Blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 11,112 |
| Dissolved | 3,785 |
| Dormant | 1,181 |
| Liquidation | 34 |
| Converted / Closed | 29 |
Active companies by UK region
What this shows: active companies with a known ITL2 region. The UK map falls back to a bar chart if map data cannot be loaded.
Top values shown in the chart
| ITL2 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| Inner London - East | 1,739 |
| Inner London - West | 1,370 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 682 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 558 |
| West Midlands | 555 |
| Greater Manchester | 544 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 455 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 432 |
| Outer London - South | 339 |
| West Yorkshire | 322 |
Geography coverage: 12174 known, 119 unknown (99.0%).
Revenue ranges
What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.
Top values shown in the chart
| Revenue range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 5,994 |
| 1m-15m | 1,299 |
| 15m-54m | 2 |
| 54m+ | 63 |
Revenue-range coverage: 7358 known, 4935 unknown (59.9%).
Company size and employees
What this shows: active companies by published size category and by reported employee count.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company size | Companies |
|---|---|
| Micro | 3,525 |
| Small | 3,600 |
| Medium | 2 |
| Large | 85 |
| Holding | 61 |
| Dormant | 1,181 |
Company-size coverage: 8454 known, 3839 unknown (68.8%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 2,723 |
| 1–9 | 2,986 |
| 10–49 | 123 |
| 50–249 | 17 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 5850 known, 6443 unknown (47.6%).
Active-company age
What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.
Top values shown in the chart
| Age band | Companies |
|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 2,345 |
| 1–3 years | 3,125 |
| 3–5 years | 1,663 |
| 5–10 years | 2,825 |
| 10–20 years | 1,498 |
| 20+ years | 837 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 12293 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
Classification breakdown
What this shows: active companies across the next taxonomy level; direct assignments are labelled separately. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Directly assigned to this segment | 12,293 |
International trade
What this shows: active-company participation in imports and exports, followed by the ten HS2 categories involving the most distinct companies.
Top values shown in the chart
| Trade participation | Companies |
|---|---|
| Importer only | 32 |
| Exporter only | 16 |
| Both | 11 |
| Neither | 12,234 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 8 | £588,053,592 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 7 | £264,016,412 | 2019-02-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 7 | £919,418,523 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 5 | £178,427,769 | 2016-07-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 5 | £303,024,829 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 97 — Art and Antiques | 5 | £171,928,817 | 2023-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 22 — Drinks, Alcohol, and Vinegar | 4 | £95,740,195 | 2020-12-01 – 2023-10-01 |
| 92 — Musical Instruments and Parts | 4 | £9,804,101 | 2020-09-01 – 2025-09-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 3 | £13,906,698 | 2021-07-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 2 | £262,137,941 | 2018-12-01 – 2023-03-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 97 — Art and Antiques | 9 | £779,752,801 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 7 | £113,422,375 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 5 | £406,273,582 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 5 | £197,514,933 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 4 | £8,784,463 | 2022-04-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 4 | £270,432,188 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 92 — Musical Instruments and Parts | 4 | £1,840,883 | 2018-03-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 3 | £41,613,063 | 2019-10-01 – 2023-12-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 3 | £2,788,882 | 2016-11-01 – 2023-12-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 3 | £109,933,317 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Business and digital traits
What this shows: active companies identified with selected ownership, business-model, and online-presence traits.
Values shown in the chart with data coverage
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 518 | 10,126 | 2,167 | 82.4% |
| Holding company | 2 | 10,126 | 2,167 | 82.4% |
| Solo founder | 5,302 | 10,126 | 2,167 | 82.4% |
| Ecommerce | 8 | 45 | 12,248 | 0.4% |
| Website | 54 | 56 | 12,237 | 0.5% |
| 23 | 56 | 12,237 | 0.5% |
Leading active companies
What this shows: the ten active companies with the highest non-missing revenue, with company number used as the deterministic tie-breaker.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| C E T Management Uk Limited | £29,739,686 |
| Saferworld | £22,448,000 |
| Summer Discovery Europe Limited | £13,070,194 |
| Lso Productions Limited | £11,500,672 |
| Doreen Bird College Of Performing Arts Ltd. | £5,232,275 |
| The Ubele Initiative C.i.c. | £3,017,973 |
| Esteemed Creatives C.i.c. | £2,174,001 |
| Dawliffe Hall Educational Foundation | £1,577,402 |
| Wessex Archaeology Ventures Limited | £1,302,189 |
| Reading Caribbean Nation Cic | £1,180,436 |
Revenue coverage: 923 known, 11370 unknown (7.5%).
Related classifications
What this shows: sibling classifications ranked by distinct active companies, excluding the current node. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Other education n.e.c. | 70,048 |
| Support services | 44,344 |
| Sports and recreation | 17,392 |
| Pre-primary | 9,100 |
| Primary | 7,072 |
| Secondary | 6,444 |
| Technical and vocational | 5,775 |
| Driving schools | 4,563 |
| Post-graduate | 3,209 |
| Undergraduate | 2,652 |
| Post-secondary (non-tertiary) | 2,383 |
SIC classification
SIC 85520 — Cultural education
Includes
piano teachers and other music instruction, art instruction, dance instruction and dance studios, drama schools (except academic), fine arts schools (except academic), performing arts schools (except academic), photography schools (except commercial)
Excludes
foreign language instruction, see ##85.59
Details
This section includes the provision of health and social work activities. It covers a wide range of activities, from health care provided by trained medical professionals in hospitals and other facilities, to residential care activities that still involve a degree of health care activities and to social work activities not involving the services of health care professionals.