Directions Independent Living CIC
Registered name: DIRECTIONS INDEPENDENT LIVING CIC
Directions Independent Living CIC made £0 revenue and a £49.2k loss in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Directions Independent Living CIC’s revenue fell 100% to £0 in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with a loss of £49.2k and 2 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Rickmansworth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active - Proposal to Strike off
- Location
- Rickmansworth, East of England
- Age
- 6 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 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £45.2k | £0 |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £0 | £0 |
| Gross profit | — | — | £45.2k | £0 |
| Operating profit | — | — | £95 | −£46.1k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £95 | −£46.1k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £77 | −£49.2k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £77 | −£49.2k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0.2% | — |
| Gross margin | — | — | 100% | — |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £22.6k | £0 |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £38 | −£24.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼100% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼63958% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £142 | £161 | £908 | £1.3k |
| Net assets | £65 | £212 | £289 | −£48.9k |
| Fixed assets | — | — | £0 | £0 |
| Current assets | £20.8k | £26.9k | £29.8k | £1.3k |
| Debtors | £20.7k | £26.7k | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £950 | £950 | £950 | £0 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £0
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£24.6k
- 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
- ▼17014%
- Now −£48.9k
- Cash at bank
- ▲39%
- Now £1.3k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- —
- 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 Jan 2025 (profit −£49.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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