Next Chapter (NW) CIC
Registered name: NEXT CHAPTER (NW) CIC
Next Chapter (NW) CIC made £111k revenue and £576 profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Next Chapter (NW) CIC’s revenue grew 25% to £111k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £576 profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in Wallasey; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wallasey, North 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £99.4k | £129k | £89k | £111k |
| Cost of sales | £9.9k | £2.9k | £9.3k | £33.8k |
| Gross profit | £89.5k | £126k | £79.7k | £77.3k |
| Operating profit | −£13.9k | £15.8k | −£2.5k | £576 |
| Profit before tax | −£13.9k | £15.8k | −£2.5k | £576 |
| Profit after tax | −£13.9k | £15.8k | −£2.5k | £576 |
| Profit (best available) | −£13.9k | £15.8k | −£2.5k | £576 |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −14% | 12.2% | −2.8% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 90% | 97.7% | 89.5% | 69.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £19.9k | £32.3k | £22.3k | £27.8k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.8k | £3.9k | −£629 | £144 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲30.1% | ▼31.1% | ▲24.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼116% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼20% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £49.7k | £21.9k | £42.1k | £29.5k |
| Net assets | −£10.6k | £5.2k | £2.7k | £3.2k |
| Fixed assets | £923 | £874 | £0 | £82 |
| Current assets | £49.7k | £22.7k | £42.1k | £30.4k |
| Debtors | — | £884 | £119 | £255 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 69.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £27.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £144
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £3.2k
- Cash at bank
- ▼30%
- Now £29.5k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £82
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £576), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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