Sea Change South Shields CIC
Registered name: SEA CHANGE SOUTH SHIELDS CIC
Part of The Inclusionists Cio groupSea Change South Shields CIC made £134k revenue and a £2.5k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Sea Change South Shields CIC’s revenue grew 45% to £134k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £2.5k and 15 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in South Shields; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- South Shields, North East
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- Type
- Community Interest Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £92.7k | £134k |
| Cost of sales | £57.8k | £85.2k |
| Gross profit | £34.9k | £48.8k |
| Operating profit | £13.7k | −£4.6k |
| Profit before tax | £13.6k | −£4.4k |
| Profit after tax | £13.8k | −£2.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £13.8k | −£2.5k |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 15 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 14.9% | −1.9% |
| Gross margin | 37.7% | 36.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £8.4k | £8.9k |
| Profit per employee | £1.3k | −£166 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲44.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼118% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲36.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £36.9k | £26.8k |
| Net assets | £21.4k | £18.9k |
| Fixed assets | £11.1k | £23.1k |
| Current assets | £80.1k | £30.4k |
| Debtors | £41.2k | £1.5k |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £8.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£166
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.2%
- 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
- ▼12%
- Now £18.9k
- Cash at bank
- ▼27%
- Now £26.8k
- Headcount
- ▲36%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▲109%
- Now £23.1k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Inclusionists Cio (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Sea Change South Shields CICthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£2.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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