Rare Species C.I.C.
Registered name: RARE SPECIES C.I.C.
Rare Species C.I.C. made £43.7k revenue and £10k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Rare Species C.I.C.’s revenue grew 72% to £43.7k in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £10k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “performing arts” and is based in Frome; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Frome, South West
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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) | £30.5k | £41.7k | £25.4k | £43.7k |
| Cost of sales | £25.3k | £34.7k | £34.6k | £24k |
| Gross profit | £5.3k | £7k | −£9.2k | £19.6k |
| Operating profit | −£204 | £1.5k | −£15.9k | £12.3k |
| Profit before tax | −£204 | £1.5k | −£15.9k | £12.3k |
| Profit after tax | −£131 | £1.2k | −£12.8k | £10k |
| Profit (best available) | −£131 | £1.2k | −£12.8k | £10k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.4% | 2.9% | −50.2% | 22.9% |
| Gross margin | 17.2% | 16.9% | −36.1% | 45% |
| Revenue per employee | £15.3k | £20.9k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | −£66 | £598 | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲36.5% | ▼39.1% | ▲71.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼1167% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £504 | £217 | £6.2k | £4.9k |
| Net assets | £248 | £1.4k | −£11.3k | −£1.3k |
| Fixed assets | £1.3k | £2.7k | £4.6k | £4k |
| Current assets | £541 | £217 | £9.1k | £5.4k |
| Debtors | £37 | — | £2.9k | £517 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 22.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45%
- 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
- 9.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- 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 −£1.3k
- Cash at bank
- ▼21%
- Now £4.9k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £4k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £10k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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