Apricot Centre CIC
Registered name: APRICOT CENTRE CIC
Apricot Centre CIC made £1.1m revenue and a £21.5k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2024.
Apricot Centre CIC’s revenue grew 20% to £1.1m in the year to 30 Jun 2024, with a loss of £21.5k and 26 employees. The company is classified under “mixed farming” and is based in Totnes; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Totnes, South West
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Community Interest Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £871k | £924k | £1.1m |
| Cost of sales | £486k | £419k | £406k |
| Gross profit | £386k | £504k | £707k |
| Operating profit | −£2.2k | −£106k | −£2.5k |
| Profit before tax | −£2.7k | −£110k | −£5.8k |
| Profit after tax | £11.8k | −£79.5k | −£21.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £11.8k | −£79.5k | −£21.5k |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 26 | 26 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | −8.6% | −1.9% |
| Gross margin | 44.3% | 54.6% | 63.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £37.9k | £35.5k | £42.8k |
| Profit per employee | £513 | −£3.1k | −£826 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6% | ▲20.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼773.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £75.9k | £21.1k | £56.6k |
| Net assets | £64.5k | −£19k | −£40.5k |
| Fixed assets | £107k | £135k | £115k |
| Current assets | £166k | £153k | £171k |
| Debtors | £68.5k | £86.2k | £74.3k |
| Deferred income | £36.4k | £110k | £152k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 63.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £42.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£826
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 13.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.7%
- 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 −£40.5k
- Cash at bank
- ▲168%
- Now £56.6k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 26
- Deferred income
- ▲38%
- Now £152k
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £115k
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 30 Jun 2024 (profit −£21.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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