Newground CIC
Registered name: NEWGROUND CIC
Part of Newground Together groupNewground CIC made £3.9m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Newground CIC’s revenue fell 13% to £3.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.2m profit and 110 employees. The company is classified under “environmental consulting activities” and is based in Blackburn; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackburn, North West
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- Type
- Community Interest Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.9m | £4.6m | £4.5m | £3.9m |
| Cost of sales | £3.4m | £3.5m | £3m | −£2.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £830k | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £833k | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £850k | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £850k | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 116 | 122 | 112 | 110 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 21.9% | 18.4% | 27.7% | 31.3% |
| Gross margin | 31.1% | 24.3% | 33.6% | 32.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £42.1k | £38k | £40.4k | £35.6k |
| Profit per employee | £9.2k | £7k | £11.2k | £11.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.1% | ▼2.4% | ▼13.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼20.4% | ▲47.1% | ▼2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.2% | ▼8.2% | ▼1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.1m | £2m | — |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1m | £1.4m | — |
| Fixed assets | £196k | £162k | £133k | — |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £2.9m | £3.6m | — |
| Debtors | £940k | £1.1m | £963k | — |
| Deferred income | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.9m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 31.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £35.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 110
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Newground Togetherultimate parent75–100%
- Newground CICthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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