Sharp Life & Learning Skills CIC
Registered name: SHARP LIFE & LEARNING SKILLS CIC
Sharp Life & Learning Skills CIC made £391k revenue and a £25.5k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Sharp Life & Learning Skills CIC’s revenue grew 28% to £391k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £25.5k and 10 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in Gloucester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gloucester, South West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £304k | £391k |
| Cost of sales | £8.2k | £6.5k |
| Gross profit | £296k | £384k |
| Operating profit | £23.2k | −£29.7k |
| Profit before tax | £23.2k | −£29.7k |
| Profit after tax | £19.1k | −£25.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £19.1k | −£25.5k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.3% | −6.5% |
| Gross margin | 97.3% | 98.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £30.4k | £39.1k |
| Profit per employee | £1.9k | −£2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲28.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼233.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £64.6k | £14.1k |
| Net assets | £73.4k | £47.9k |
| Fixed assets | £2.2k | £45.3k |
| Current assets | £91k | £66.6k |
| Debtors | £20.8k | £35.1k |
| Deferred income | £11.8k | £30.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 98.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £39.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9%
- 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
- ▼35%
- Now £47.9k
- Cash at bank
- ▼78%
- Now £14.1k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- ▲155%
- Now £30.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2000%
- Now £45.3k
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 Mar 2025 (profit −£25.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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