Bees & Refugees CIC
Registered name: BEES & REFUGEES CIC
Bees & Refugees CIC made £70.8k revenue and £4.9k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Bees & Refugees CIC’s revenue fell 7% to £70.8k in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £4.9k profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “raising of other animals” and is based in Sevenoaks; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sevenoaks, 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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £76k | £70.8k |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £12k | £28k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £64k | £42.9k |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£1.3k | £4.9k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£1.3k | £4.9k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£1.3k | £4.9k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£1.3k | £4.9k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −1.7% | 7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 84.2% | 60.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £76k | £35.4k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£1.3k | £2.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼6.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.5k | £5.1k | £61 | £2.3k |
| Net assets | −£28.7k | −£23.7k | −£25k | −£20.1k |
| Current assets | £3.5k | £5.1k | £61 | £2.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £35.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 −£20.1k
- Cash at bank
- ▲3634%
- Now £2.3k
- Headcount
- ▲100%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £4.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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