Birmingham Improv C.I.C.
Registered name: BIRMINGHAM IMPROV C.I.C.
Birmingham Improv C.I.C. made £39.8k revenue and £3.4k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Birmingham Improv C.I.C.’s revenue fell 6% to £39.8k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.4k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “performing arts” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2016
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £48.6k | £30.3k | £42.5k | £39.8k |
| Cost of sales | £32.9k | £23.9k | £38.7k | £30.9k |
| Gross profit | £15.7k | £6.4k | £3.7k | £8.9k |
| Operating profit | £2.7k | £2.9k | −£1.1k | £4.2k |
| Profit before tax | £2.7k | £2.9k | −£1.1k | £4.2k |
| Profit after tax | £2.2k | £2.3k | −£905 | £3.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2k | £2.3k | −£905 | £3.4k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 7.6% | −2.1% | 8.6% |
| Gross margin | 32.2% | 21% | 8.8% | 22.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £16.2k | £10.1k | £14.2k | £13.3k |
| Profit per employee | £731 | £770 | −£302 | £1.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼37.7% | ▲40.4% | ▼6.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲5.2% | ▼139.2% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £14k | £15.1k | £10.2k | £12.8k |
| Net assets | £4.5k | £6.8k | £5.9k | £9.3k |
| Current assets | £17.3k | £15.1k | £10.6k | £12.8k |
| Debtors | £3.3k | — | £145 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £400 | £450 | £600 | £610 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £13.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.1k
- 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
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲58%
- Now £9.3k
- Cash at bank
- ▲25%
- Now £12.8k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £610
- 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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