The Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs
Registered name: THE FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS
The Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs made £6.4m revenue and £23.8k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
The Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs’s revenue fell 3% to £6.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £23.8k profit and 59 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.1m | £6.6m | £6.4m |
| Operating profit | −£9.5m | −£1.1m | −£1.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£9.5m | −£1.1m | −£1.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£9.5m | −£1.1m | £23.8k |
| Profit (best available) | −£9.5m | −£1.1m | £23.8k |
| Employees (average) | 67 | 56 | 59 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −94% | −16.5% | 0.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £151k | £117k | £108k |
| Profit per employee | −£142k | −£19.4k | £403 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼35.2% | ▼2.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16.4% | ▲5.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £108k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £403
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now 59
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Unltd Impact Support Company LtdFigures not disclosed
- Unltd Social Investments LtdFigures not disclosed
- Unltd Venture Growth Support LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £23.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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