Fat Lady Opera CIC
Registered name: FAT LADY OPERA CIC
Fat Lady Opera CIC made £46.2k revenue and a £32 loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Fat Lady Opera CIC’s revenue grew 18% to £46.2k in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £32 and 0 employees. The company is classified under “cultural education” and is based in Rochester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rochester, South East
- 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 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) | £18.5k | £29.3k | £39.1k | £46.2k |
| Cost of sales | £17k | £22.5k | £37.1k | £41.4k |
| Gross profit | £1.5k | £6.7k | £2k | £4.9k |
| Operating profit | £250 | £2.4k | −£1.9k | −£28 |
| Profit before tax | £250 | £2.4k | −£1.9k | −£15 |
| Profit after tax | £195 | £2k | −£1.4k | −£32 |
| Profit (best available) | £195 | £2k | −£1.4k | −£32 |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 6.7% | −3.6% | −0.1% |
| Gross margin | 8.3% | 23% | 5.2% | 10.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲58.2% | ▲33.6% | ▲18.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲904.6% | ▼172.9% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £14.9k | £6.7k | £8.7k | £8.8k |
| Net assets | £423 | £2.4k | £954 | £922 |
| Fixed assets | £118 | £89 | £623 | £467 |
| Current assets | £14.9k | £6.7k | £9.1k | £9k |
| Debtors | — | — | £459 | £200 |
| Deferred income | £14.5k | £3.9k | £8.3k | £515 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.5%
- 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
- 1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £922
- Cash at bank
- ▲2%
- Now £8.8k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼94%
- Now £515
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £467
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 Sep 2025 (profit −£32), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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