Creative Active Lives CIC
Registered name: CREATIVE ACTIVE LIVES CIC
Creative Active Lives CIC made £110k revenue and a £1.5k loss in the year to 31 Jan 2023.
Creative Active Lives CIC’s revenue grew 29% to £111k in the year to 31 Jan 2023, with a loss of £1.5k and 1 employee. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in Stourbridge; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stourbridge, West Midlands
- 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 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £85.3k | £111k |
| Cost of sales | £69.7k | £93.9k |
| Gross profit | £15.6k | £16.6k |
| Operating profit | £20.4k | −£1.5k |
| Profit before tax | £20.4k | −£1.5k |
| Profit after tax | £18k | −£1.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £18k | −£1.5k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 21% | −1.3% |
| Gross margin | 18.3% | 15% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £111k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£1.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲29.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼108.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £19.3k | £53.1k |
| Net assets | £23.4k | £21.9k |
| Fixed assets | £3.8k | £6.7k |
| Current assets | £25.9k | £54.6k |
| Debtors | £6.3k | £1.3k |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £111k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now £21.9k
- Cash at bank
- ▲175%
- Now £53.1k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▲78%
- Now £6.7k
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 accounts for the year to 31 Jan 2023 (profit −£1.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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