Incredible Surplus CIC
Registered name: INCREDIBLE SURPLUS CIC
Incredible Surplus CIC made £408k revenue and £87.7k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Incredible Surplus CIC’s revenue grew 50% to £408k in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £87.7k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 11 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 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) | £177k | £212k | £273k | £408k |
| Cost of sales | £42.2k | £95.2k | £151k | £195k |
| Gross profit | £135k | £117k | £122k | £213k |
| Operating profit | £27.3k | −£28.9k | £512 | £86k |
| Profit before tax | £27.5k | −£27.6k | £1.9k | £87.7k |
| Profit after tax | £27.5k | −£27.6k | £1.9k | £87.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £27.5k | −£27.6k | £1.9k | £87.7k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 15.6% | −13% | 0.7% | 21.5% |
| Gross margin | 76.1% | 55.2% | 44.8% | 52.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £88.4k | £212k | £273k | £408k |
| Profit per employee | £13.7k | −£27.6k | £1.9k | £87.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.1% | ▲28.4% | ▲49.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼200.3% | — | ▲4578% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼50% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £170k | £72.5k | £94.5k | £210k |
| Net assets | £184k | £157k | £158k | £246k |
| Fixed assets | £9k | £74.2k | £49.1k | £25.1k |
| Current assets | £176k | £84.7k | £110k | £210k |
| Debtors | £6.4k | £12.2k | £15.5k | — |
| Deferred income | £1.2k | £2.3k | — | — |
| 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
- 21.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £408k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £87.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲55%
- Now £246k
- Cash at bank
- ▲122%
- Now £210k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼49%
- Now £25.1k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £87.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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