Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Registered name: COMMUNITY ACTION FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS
Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers made £869k revenue and £172k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2024.
Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers’s revenue grew 46% to £869k in the year to 31 Aug 2024, with £172k profit and 16 employees. The company is classified under “other social work activities without accommodation” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £682k | £594k | £869k |
| Cost of sales | £632k | £643k | £705k |
| Gross profit | £50k | −£48.8k | £164k |
| Operating profit | £50k | −£48.8k | £164k |
| Profit before tax | £51.1k | −£44.1k | £172k |
| Profit after tax | £51.1k | −£44.1k | £172k |
| Profit (best available) | £51.1k | −£44.1k | £172k |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.5% | −7.4% | 19.8% |
| Gross margin | 7.3% | −8.2% | 18.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £42.6k | £37.1k | £54.3k |
| Profit per employee | £3.2k | −£2.8k | £10.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼12.9% | ▲46.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼186.3% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £382k | £301k | £476k |
| Net assets | £312k | £268k | £440k |
| Fixed assets | — | £0 | £0 |
| Current assets | £394k | £366k | £498k |
| Debtors | £81 | £13.3k | £6.9k |
| Deferred income | £62.4k | £82.6k | £32.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £54.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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
- ▲64%
- Now £440k
- Cash at bank
- ▲58%
- Now £476k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 16
- Deferred income
- ▼61%
- Now £32.4k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £0
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2024 (profit £172k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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