External Quality Assessment Services for Cancer Diagnostics C.I.C.
Registered name: EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT SERVICES FOR CANCER DIAGNOSTICS C.I.C.
External Quality Assessment Services for Cancer Diagnostics C.I.C. made £1.7m revenue and a £170k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
External Quality Assessment Services for Cancer Diagnostics C.I.C.’s revenue fell 3% to £1.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £170k and 13 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.3m | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Cost of sales | £193k | £250k | £302k | £440k |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £106k | £220k | −£6.6k | −£189k |
| Profit before tax | £106k | £220k | −£6.6k | −£187k |
| Profit after tax | £61.9k | £190k | £13.9k | −£170k |
| Profit (best available) | £61.9k | £190k | £13.9k | −£170k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.8% | 11.2% | 0.8% | −10% |
| Gross margin | 85% | 85.2% | 82.8% | 74.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £144k | £169k | £136k | £131k |
| Profit per employee | £6.9k | £19k | £1.1k | −£13.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲30.8% | ▲4.3% | ▼3.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲206.7% | ▼92.7% | ▼1320% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▲30% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £538k | £606k | £679k | £550k |
| Net assets | £881k | £1.1m | £1.1m | £925k |
| Fixed assets | £487k | £643k | £531k | £445k |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £1.1m | £878k | £1.5m |
| Debtors | £650k | £391k | £60.3k | £817k |
| Deferred income | £654k | £458k | £65.3k | £774k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −10%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 74.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £131k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£13.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 26.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 45.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 47.9%
- 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
- ▼16%
- Now £925k
- Cash at bank
- ▼19%
- Now £550k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- ▲1086%
- Now £774k
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £445k
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 Mar 2025 (profit −£170k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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