Creative Industries Federation
Registered name: CREATIVE INDUSTRIES FEDERATION
Part of Creative UK Holdings Limited groupCreative Industries Federation made £806k revenue and a £99.3k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Creative Industries Federation’s revenue grew 5% to £806k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £99.3k and 13 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other membership organizations” and is based in Salford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Salford, North West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2013
- 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.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
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 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £765k | £806k |
| Cost of sales | £737k | £780k |
| Gross profit | £28k | £26.1k |
| Operating profit | −£344k | −£99.7k |
| Profit before tax | −£344k | −£99.3k |
| Profit after tax | −£344k | −£99.3k |
| Profit (best available) | −£344k | −£99.3k |
| Employees (average) | 13 | 13 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −44.9% | −12.3% |
| Gross margin | 3.6% | 3.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £58.9k | £62k |
| Profit per employee | −£26.4k | −£7.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £121k | £90.4k |
| Net assets | −£493k | −£593k |
| Current assets | £341k | £310k |
| Debtors | £198k | £150k |
| Deferred income | £280k | £299k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −12.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £62k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£7.6k
- 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
- 37.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.7%
- 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 −£593k
- Cash at bank
- ▼25%
- Now £90.4k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- ▲7%
- Now £299k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Creative UK Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Creative Industries Federationthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Creative UK Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£99.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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