Ragtag Arts C.I.C.
Registered name: RAGTAG ARTS C.I.C.
Ragtag Arts C.I.C. made £185k revenue and £11.9k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ragtag Arts C.I.C.’s revenue was £185k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £11.9k profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “operation of arts facilities” and is based in Kendal; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kendal, North West
- 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 | 5 Apr 2022 | 5 Apr 2023 | 5 Apr 2024 | 5 Apr 2025 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £154k | £221k | £221k | £258k | £185k |
| Cost of sales | £79.4k | £118k | £102k | £120k | £78k |
| Gross profit | £74.4k | £102k | £118k | £138k | £107k |
| Operating profit | £27.2k | £23.7k | £23.2k | £28.2k | £12.5k |
| Profit before tax | £27.2k | £23.7k | £23.2k | £28.4k | £14.7k |
| Profit after tax | £22.1k | £19.6k | £18.8k | £23k | £11.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £22.1k | £19.6k | £18.8k | £23k | £11.9k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 14.4% | 8.9% | 8.5% | 8.9% | 6.4% |
| Gross margin | 48.4% | 46.4% | 53.6% | 53.3% | 57.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £154k | £73.5k | £24.5k | £28.6k | £37k |
| Profit per employee | £22.1k | £6.5k | £2.1k | £2.6k | £2.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲43.4% | ▲0.1% | ▲16.8% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼11.3% | ▼4.2% | ▲22.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲200% | ▲200% | 0% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £37.5k | £101k | £82.4k | £109k | £150k |
| Net assets | £36.2k | £55.9k | £74.6k | £97.7k | £110k |
| Fixed assets | £9.4k | £14.2k | £12.4k | £55.5k | £46k |
| Current assets | £38.6k | £106k | £94.1k | £127k | £154k |
| Debtors | £860 | £2.2k | £11.4k | £15.1k | £387 |
| Deferred income | £600 | £54.2k | £22.5k | £74.8k | £78k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 57.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £37k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 42.2%
- 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
- —
- Now £110k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £150k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £78k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £46k
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 Dec 2025 (profit £11.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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