Instigate Arts CIC
Registered name: INSTIGATE ARTS CIC
Instigate Arts CIC made £30k revenue and £0 profit in the year to 31 Oct 2024.
Instigate Arts CIC’s revenue fell 33% to £30k in the year to 31 Oct 2024, with £0 profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “artistic creation” and is based in Stockport; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stockport, 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 | 31 Oct 2021 | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.2k | £22.8k | £44.8k | £30k |
| Cost of sales | — | £25.3k | £47.9k | £29.4k |
| Gross profit | £8.2k | −£2.5k | −£3.1k | £589 |
| Operating profit | £7.2k | −£3.9k | −£4.5k | £0 |
| Profit before tax | £7.2k | −£3.9k | −£4.5k | £0 |
| Profit after tax | £7.2k | −£3.9k | −£4.5k | £0 |
| Profit (best available) | £7.2k | −£3.9k | −£4.5k | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 87.8% | −17.2% | −10.1% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 100% | −11.2% | −7% | 2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲177% | ▲96.6% | ▼32.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼154.3% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8.2k | £4k | £0 | £308 |
| Net assets | £7.2k | £3.3k | −£1.2k | −£1.2k |
| Current assets | £8.2k | £4k | £0 | £308 |
| Deferred income | — | £650 | £1.2k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- 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
- —
- Now −£1.2k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £308
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2024 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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