Big Issue North Trust Ltd
Registered name: BIG ISSUE NORTH TRUST LTD
Big Issue North Trust Ltd made £920k revenue and a £117k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
Big Issue North Trust Ltd’s revenue fell 10% to £920k in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with a loss of £117k and 17 employees. The company is classified under “other social work activities without accommodation” and is based in Manchester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1m | £920k |
| Cost of sales | £0 | £0 |
| Gross profit | £1m | £920k |
| Operating profit | −£110k | −£123k |
| Profit before tax | −£107k | −£117k |
| Profit after tax | −£107k | −£117k |
| Profit (best available) | −£107k | −£117k |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 17 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −10.5% | −12.8% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £56.5k | £54.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£5.9k | −£6.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £342k | £333k |
| Net assets | £422k | £305k |
| Fixed assets | £114k | £8.8k |
| Current assets | £392k | £369k |
| Debtors | £19.6k | £95 |
| Deferred income | £47.8k | £23.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −12.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £54.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼28%
- Now £305k
- Cash at bank
- ▼3%
- Now £333k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- ▼52%
- Now £23.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▼92%
- Now £8.8k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit −£117k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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