Dao Lu C.I.C.
Registered name: DAO LU C.I.C.
Dao Lu C.I.C. made £56.1k revenue and a £2.6k loss in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Dao Lu C.I.C.’s revenue grew 24% to £56.1k in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with a loss of £2.6k and 5 employees. The company is classified under “other sports activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £45.1k | £56.1k |
| Cost of sales | £35.7k | £48k |
| Gross profit | £9.4k | £8.1k |
| Operating profit | £5.6k | −£2.6k |
| Profit before tax | £5.6k | −£2.6k |
| Profit after tax | £5.3k | −£2.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £5.3k | −£2.6k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 11.8% | −4.7% |
| Gross margin | 20.9% | 14.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £9k | £11.2k |
| Profit per employee | £1.1k | −£528 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼149.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £11.8k | £19.8k |
| Net assets | £2.8k | £19.3k |
| Current assets | £11.8k | £23.8k |
| Debtors | £0 | £4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £11.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£528
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- 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
- ▲594%
- Now £19.3k
- Cash at bank
- ▲68%
- Now £19.8k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit −£2.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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