The Women's Work Lab C.I.C.
Registered name: THE WOMEN'S WORK LAB C.I.C.
The Women's Work Lab C.I.C. made £330k revenue and a £10.4k loss in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
The Women's Work Lab C.I.C.’s revenue was £330k in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with a loss of £10.4k and 17 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in Bristol; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £288k | £266k | £594k | £330k |
| Cost of sales | £65.2k | £196k | £281k | £225k |
| Gross profit | £223k | £69.7k | £313k | £106k |
| Operating profit | £95.7k | −£53k | £87.7k | −£10.8k |
| Profit before tax | £95.7k | −£54.3k | £87.6k | −£10.9k |
| Profit after tax | £77.7k | −£43.8k | £70.6k | −£10.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £77.7k | −£43.8k | £70.6k | −£10.4k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 10 | 14 | 17 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 27% | −16.5% | 11.9% | −3.1% |
| Gross margin | 77.4% | 26.2% | 52.7% | 31.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £41.2k | £26.6k | £42.4k | £19.4k |
| Profit per employee | £11.1k | −£4.4k | £5k | −£611 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.8% | ▲123.4% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼156.4% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲42.9% | ▲40% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £116k | £57.3k | £169k | £128k |
| Net assets | £105k | £61.5k | £132k | £122k |
| Fixed assets | £1.3k | £2k | £11.6k | £11.6k |
| Current assets | £152k | £94.4k | £194k | £149k |
| Debtors | £36.5k | £26.6k | £19.1k | £15.5k |
| Deferred income | £25k | £25k | £42.3k | £6.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £19.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£611
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.7%
- 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 £122k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £128k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £6.7k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £11.6k
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 Jul 2025 (profit −£10.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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