Laboratory Media Education CIC
Registered name: LABORATORY MEDIA EDUCATION CIC
Laboratory Media Education CIC made £124k revenue and a £910 loss in the year to 31 May 2025.
Laboratory Media Education CIC’s revenue grew 16% to £124k in the year to 31 May 2025, with a loss of £910 and 5 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in Cromer; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cromer, East of England
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £46.3k | £60.4k | £107k | £124k |
| Cost of sales | — | £6.9k | £47.6k | £5.1k |
| Gross profit | £46.3k | £53.6k | £59.4k | £119k |
| Operating profit | £1.6k | £16.2k | £23.8k | £115 |
| Profit before tax | £1.6k | £16.2k | £23.8k | £115 |
| Profit after tax | £1.6k | £16.2k | £18.7k | −£910 |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6k | £16.2k | £18.7k | −£910 |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 26.7% | 17.5% | −0.7% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 88.7% | 55.5% | 95.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £15.4k | £20.1k | £35.7k | £24.8k |
| Profit per employee | £532 | £5.4k | £6.2k | −£182 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲30.5% | ▲77.1% | ▲15.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲913.2% | ▲16% | ▼104.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲66.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £10.3k | £11.8k | £23.4k | £30.1k |
| Net assets | £12.2k | £28.4k | £47.1k | £46.2k |
| Fixed assets | £10.8k | £13.2k | £9.8k | £4.5k |
| Current assets | £17.2k | £17.2k | £46k | £48.5k |
| Debtors | £6.9k | £5.4k | £22.6k | £4.8k |
| Deferred income | £14.7k | £0 | — | £31 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 95.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £24.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£182
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £46.2k
- Cash at bank
- ▲29%
- Now £30.1k
- Headcount
- ▲67%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £31
- Fixed assets
- ▼54%
- Now £4.5k
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 May 2025 (profit −£910), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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