Plymouth Scrapstore CIC
Registered name: PLYMOUTH SCRAPSTORE CIC
Plymouth Scrapstore CIC made £114k revenue and a £236 loss in the year to 30 Mar 2025.
Plymouth Scrapstore CIC’s revenue fell 20% to £114k in the year to 30 Mar 2025, with a loss of £236 and 3 employees. The company is classified under “artistic creation” and is based in Plymouth; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Plymouth, South West
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 | 31 Mar 2024 | 30 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £142k | £114k |
| Cost of sales | £96.3k | £83.9k |
| Gross profit | £46k | £30k |
| Operating profit | −£5.6k | −£514 |
| Profit before tax | −£5.4k | −£236 |
| Profit after tax | −£5.4k | −£236 |
| Profit (best available) | −£5.4k | −£236 |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −3.8% | −0.2% |
| Gross margin | 32.3% | 26.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £71.2k | £37.9k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.7k | −£79 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼20% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £69.6k | £89.2k |
| Net assets | £12k | £11.7k |
| Current assets | £69.6k | £89.2k |
| Deferred income | £8.4k | £55.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £37.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£79
- 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
- 48.9%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £11.7k
- Cash at bank
- ▲28%
- Now £89.2k
- Headcount
- ▲50%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- ▲560%
- Now £55.6k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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 Mar 2025 (profit −£236), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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