Big Life Schools
Registered name: BIG LIFE SCHOOLS
Big Life Schools made £4.5m revenue and a £98k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2024.
Big Life Schools’s revenue grew 11% to £4.5m in the year to 31 Aug 2024, with a loss of £98k and 100 employees. The company is classified under “primary education” and is based in Manchester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4m | £4.5m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | −£97k | −£98k |
| Profit before tax | −£97k | −£98k |
| Profit after tax | −£97k | −£98k |
| Profit (best available) | −£97k | −£98k |
| Employees (average) | 91 | 100 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −2.4% | −2.2% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £44.2k | £44.7k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.1k | −£980 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £852k | £609k |
| Net assets | £8.3m | £8.2m |
| Fixed assets | £7.8m | £7.6m |
| Current assets | £953k | £808k |
| Debtors | £12k | £7k |
| Deferred income | £266k | £156k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £44.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£980
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 170.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £8.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼29%
- Now £609k
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 100
- Deferred income
- ▼41%
- Now £156k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £7.6m
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 −£98k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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