Keep the Drums and Lose the Knife CIC
Registered name: KEEP THE DRUMS AND LOSE THE KNIFE CIC
Keep the Drums and Lose the Knife CIC made £50.4k revenue and £2.3k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Keep the Drums and Lose the Knife CIC’s revenue fell 8% to £50.4k in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £2.3k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other social work activities without accommodation” 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £54.8k | £63.3k | £54.9k | £50.4k |
| Cost of sales | £22.8k | £23.4k | £24k | £19.4k |
| Gross profit | £32k | £39.9k | £30.9k | £31k |
| Operating profit | −£5k | £1.8k | −£7.6k | £2.3k |
| Profit before tax | −£5k | £1.8k | −£7.6k | £2.3k |
| Profit after tax | −£5k | £1.8k | −£7.6k | £2.3k |
| Profit (best available) | −£5k | £1.8k | −£7.6k | £2.3k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −9.2% | 2.9% | −13.9% | 4.5% |
| Gross margin | 58.4% | 63.1% | 56.3% | 61.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £18.3k | £21.1k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | −£1.7k | £608 | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.5% | ▼13.3% | ▼8.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼519.2% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £597 | £800 | £950 | £4.3k |
| Net assets | −£7.7k | −£5.9k | −£13.5k | £2k |
| Current assets | £597 | £800 | £950 | £4.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 61.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 £2k
- Cash at bank
- ▲356%
- Now £4.3k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £2.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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