Art and Energy CIC
Registered name: ART AND ENERGY CIC
Art and Energy CIC made £103k revenue and £1.9k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2024.
Art and Energy CIC’s revenue grew 39% to £103k in the year to 31 Jan 2024, with £1.9k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “artistic creation” and is based in Plymouth; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Plymouth, South West
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £73.6k | £103k |
| Cost of sales | £6k | £13k |
| Gross profit | £67.6k | £89.5k |
| Operating profit | £452 | £1.9k |
| Profit before tax | £452 | £1.9k |
| Profit after tax | £383 | £1.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £383 | £1.9k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.5% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 91.9% | 87.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £24.5k | £25.6k |
| Profit per employee | £128 | £464 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲39.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲384.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £24.9k | £62.7k |
| Net assets | £5.4k | £7.2k |
| Fixed assets | £419 | £3.1k |
| Current assets | £27k | £70.9k |
| Debtors | £50 | £4.4k |
| Deferred income | £21.9k | £66.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 87.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £25.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £464
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 64.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- 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
- ▲35%
- Now £7.2k
- Cash at bank
- ▲152%
- Now £62.7k
- Headcount
- ▲33%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- ▲204%
- Now £66.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▲645%
- Now £3.1k
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 31 Jan 2024 (profit £1.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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