The Lost Arc CIC
Registered name: THE LOST ARC CIC
The Lost Arc CIC made £384k revenue and a £37.5k loss in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
The Lost Arc CIC’s revenue was £384k in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with a loss of £37.5k and 15 employees. The company is classified under “operation of arts facilities” and is based in Rhayader; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rhayader, Wales
- Age
- 10 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 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £385k | £384k |
| Cost of sales | £187k | £204k |
| Gross profit | £199k | £180k |
| Operating profit | −£7.1k | −£37.5k |
| Profit before tax | −£7.1k | −£37.5k |
| Profit after tax | −£7.1k | −£37.5k |
| Profit (best available) | −£7.1k | −£37.5k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 15 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −1.8% | −9.8% |
| Gross margin | 51.6% | 46.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £25.7k | £25.6k |
| Profit per employee | −£476 | −£2.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £25.5k | £26.1k |
| Net assets | £59.5k | £22.1k |
| Fixed assets | £37.3k | £28.4k |
| Current assets | £62.6k | £32k |
| Debtors | £37.1k | £5.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £25.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- 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
- ▼63%
- Now £22.1k
- Cash at bank
- ▲3%
- Now £26.1k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £28.4k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit −£37.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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