Smugglers Events C.I.C.
Registered name: SMUGGLERS EVENTS C.I.C.
Smugglers Events C.I.C. made £159k revenue and £20.5k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Smugglers Events C.I.C.’s revenue grew 21% to £159k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £20.5k profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “other amusement and recreation activities” and is based in Canterbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Canterbury, South East
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £119k | £134k | £132k | £159k |
| Cost of sales | £75.2k | £79.9k | £50.7k | £69.9k |
| Gross profit | £44.2k | £54.3k | £81.1k | £89.5k |
| Operating profit | £24.3k | £33.4k | £15.4k | £24.8k |
| Profit before tax | £24.5k | £33.6k | £15.1k | £24.8k |
| Profit after tax | £24.5k | £33.6k | £11.3k | £20.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £24.5k | £33.6k | £11.3k | £20.5k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 20.6% | 25% | 8.6% | 12.8% |
| Gross margin | 37% | 40.5% | 61.5% | 56.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £132k | £79.7k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £11.3k | £10.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.4% | ▼1.8% | ▲20.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲36.7% | ▼66.3% | ▲81.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £20.7k | £94.1k | £67.2k | £119k |
| Net assets | £129 | £26.6k | £37.9k | £58.4k |
| Fixed assets | £9.4k | £5.3k | £288 | £0 |
| Current assets | £67.5k | £113k | £105k | £142k |
| Debtors | £46.7k | £173 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | — | £990 | £1.2k | £9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 56.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £79.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲54%
- Now £58.4k
- Cash at bank
- ▲77%
- Now £119k
- Headcount
- ▲100%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▲675%
- Now £9k
- Fixed assets
- ▼100%
- Now £0
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 Mar 2025 (profit £20.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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