The Narrative Agency Limited
Registered name: THE NARRATIVE AGENCY LIMITED
The Narrative Agency Limited made £248k revenue and a £789 loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
The Narrative Agency Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £248k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £789 and 3 employees. The company is classified under “artistic creation” and is based in Marlow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Marlow, South East
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £247k | £381k | £210k | £248k |
| Cost of sales | £44.2k | £206k | £27k | £78.5k |
| Gross profit | £203k | £175k | £183k | £169k |
| Operating profit | £41k | £17.5k | £25.3k | £9.9k |
| Profit before tax | £39.6k | £16.4k | £22.5k | £459 |
| Profit after tax | £31.9k | £15.7k | £17.4k | −£789 |
| Profit (best available) | £31.9k | £15.7k | £17.4k | −£789 |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.9% | 4.1% | 8.3% | −0.3% |
| Gross margin | 82.1% | 45.9% | 87.2% | 68.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £61.8k | £76.1k | £42k | £82.6k |
| Profit per employee | £8k | £3.1k | £3.5k | −£263 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲53.9% | ▼44.8% | ▲17.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼50.7% | ▲10.9% | ▼104.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25% | 0% | ▼40% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £108 | £1 | £1 | £1 |
| Net assets | £536 | £267 | £1.7k | £921 |
| Fixed assets | £8.2k | £19.2k | £13.1k | £7.3k |
| Current assets | £75.8k | £82k | £117k | £142k |
| Debtors | £17.6k | £4k | £19.3k | £23.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 68.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £82.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£263
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.5%
- 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
- ▼46%
- Now £921
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £1
- Headcount
- ▼40%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼44%
- Now £7.3k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£789), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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