Excel in Life CIC
Registered name: EXCEL IN LIFE CIC
Excel in Life CIC made £235k revenue and a £6.4k loss in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Excel in Life CIC’s revenue grew 19% to £235k in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with a loss of £6.4k and 5 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in Leigh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leigh, North West
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2012
- 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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £162k | £171k | £198k | £235k |
| Cost of sales | £1.1k | £1.6k | £4k | £1.7k |
| Gross profit | £160k | £170k | £194k | £234k |
| Operating profit | −£1.6k | £1.5k | £6.6k | −£6.4k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.6k | £1.4k | £6.7k | −£6.4k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.6k | £1.4k | £6.7k | −£6.4k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.6k | £1.4k | £6.7k | −£6.4k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1% | 0.8% | 3.4% | −2.7% |
| Gross margin | 99.3% | 99% | 98% | 99.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £23.1k | £34.3k | £39.7k | £47.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£234 | £284 | £1.3k | −£1.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.2% | ▲15.6% | ▲18.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲371.9% | ▼194.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼28.6% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.7k | £9.4k | £9k | £10.3k |
| Net assets | £18.7k | £20.1k | £26.8k | £20.4k |
| Fixed assets | £1.5k | £1.1k | £821 | £616 |
| Current assets | £22.7k | £23.3k | £31k | £25.6k |
| Debtors | £14.9k | £9.6k | £18.4k | £12k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 99.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £47.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- 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
- ▼24%
- Now £20.4k
- Cash at bank
- ▲15%
- Now £10.3k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £616
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit −£6.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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