Housing Dilemmas C.I.C.
Registered name: HOUSING DILEMMAS C.I.C.
Housing Dilemmas C.I.C. made £310k revenue and £1.3k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2023.
Housing Dilemmas C.I.C.’s revenue grew 33% to £310k in the year to 30 Jun 2023, with £1.3k profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “other accommodation” and is based in Chelmsford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chelmsford, East of England
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £234k | £310k |
| Cost of sales | £13 | £823 |
| Gross profit | £234k | £309k |
| Operating profit | £16.1k | £1.3k |
| Profit before tax | £16.1k | £1.3k |
| Profit after tax | £14.2k | £1.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £14.2k | £1.3k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.1% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 99.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £58.4k | £62k |
| Profit per employee | £3.6k | £262 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲32.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼90.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £51.3k | £48.2k |
| Net assets | £14.9k | £16.2k |
| Fixed assets | £5.8k | £3.4k |
| Current assets | £51.3k | £48.2k |
| Deferred income | £40.4k | £35.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 99.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £62k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £262
- 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
- 11.4%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £16.2k
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £48.2k
- Headcount
- ▲25%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- ▼12%
- Now £35.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼42%
- Now £3.4k
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 2023 (profit £1.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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