Lads Need Dads CIC
Registered name: LADS NEED DADS CIC
Lads Need Dads CIC made £108k revenue and £2.9k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Lads Need Dads CIC’s revenue grew 7% to £108k in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £2.9k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “educational support services” and is based in Colchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colchester, East of England
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £114k | £101k | £108k |
| Gross profit | £114k | £101k | £108k |
| Operating profit | £613 | −£324 | £625 |
| Profit before tax | £975 | £2.2k | £3.5k |
| Profit after tax | £906 | £1.7k | £2.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £906 | £1.7k | £2.9k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | 1.7% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £22.8k | £25.2k | £27k |
| Profit per employee | £181 | £426 | £735 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.7% | ▲7.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲88.1% | ▲72.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼20% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £169k | £159k | £143k |
| Net assets | £74.6k | £76.3k | £79.3k |
| Current assets | £169k | £159k | £143k |
| Deferred income | £93.4k | £80.5k | £61.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £27k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £735
- 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
- 57.3%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £79.3k
- Cash at bank
- ▼10%
- Now £143k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- ▼23%
- Now £61.8k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £2.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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