Moon Lane Ink CIC
Registered name: MOON LANE INK CIC
Moon Lane Ink CIC made £189k revenue and a £2.9k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Moon Lane Ink CIC’s revenue grew 7% to £189k in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £2.9k and 7 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of books in specialised stores” and is based in Catford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Catford, 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £219k | £177k | £178k | £189k |
| Cost of sales | £124k | £90.6k | £81.3k | £88.2k |
| Gross profit | £95.5k | £86.6k | £96.5k | £101k |
| Operating profit | −£26.7k | −£11.3k | −£3.3k | −£2.9k |
| Profit before tax | −£26.7k | −£11.3k | −£3.3k | −£2.9k |
| Profit after tax | −£26.7k | −£11.3k | −£3.3k | −£2.9k |
| Profit (best available) | −£26.7k | −£11.3k | −£3.3k | −£2.9k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −12.2% | −6.4% | −1.9% | −1.5% |
| Gross margin | 43.6% | 48.9% | 54.3% | 53.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £54.8k | £29.5k | £25.4k | £27.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£6.7k | −£1.9k | −£474 | −£411 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼19.1% | ▲0.3% | ▲6.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲50% | ▲16.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £12.7k | £3.1k | £2.2k | £4.6k |
| Net assets | −£67.4k | −£78.8k | −£82.1k | −£85k |
| Fixed assets | £8.4k | £4k | £0 | £0 |
| Current assets | £64.1k | £48.4k | £51k | £53.8k |
| Debtors | £10.4k | £6.8k | £6.2k | £6.6k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £24.9k | £24.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 53.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £27.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£411
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 13.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- 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
- —
- Now −£85k
- Cash at bank
- ▲109%
- Now £4.6k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £24.9k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £0
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 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£2.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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