Defiant Sports C.I.C.
Registered name: DEFIANT SPORTS C.I.C.
Defiant Sports C.I.C. made £98.4k revenue and a £13.1k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2024.
Defiant Sports C.I.C.’s revenue grew 34% to £98.4k in the year to 30 Jun 2024, with a loss of £13.1k and 10 employees. The company is classified under “sports and recreation education” and is based in Eastbourne; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Eastbourne, South East
- 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 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £73.5k | £98.4k |
| Cost of sales | £8.9k | £7.5k |
| Gross profit | £64.6k | £90.9k |
| Operating profit | −£8.2k | −£13.1k |
| Profit before tax | −£8.2k | −£13.1k |
| Profit after tax | −£8.2k | −£13.1k |
| Profit (best available) | −£8.2k | −£13.1k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −11.1% | −13.4% |
| Gross margin | 87.9% | 92.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £7.4k | £9.8k |
| Profit per employee | −£816 | −£1.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲33.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £44.7k | £16.3k |
| Net assets | £38.5k | £25.4k |
| Fixed assets | £5.8k | £1.1k |
| Current assets | £47k | £27.7k |
| Debtors | £2.3k | £11.4k |
| Deferred income | £960 | £1.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −13.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 92.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £9.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.5%
- 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
- ▼34%
- Now £25.4k
- Cash at bank
- ▼63%
- Now £16.3k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- ▲82%
- Now £1.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼82%
- Now £1.1k
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 2024 (profit −£13.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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