Curious Motion CIC
Registered name: CURIOUS MOTION CIC
Curious Motion CIC made £88.3k revenue and £2.5k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Curious Motion CIC’s revenue grew 21% to £88.3k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.5k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “performing arts” and is based in Halifax; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halifax, Yorkshire and The Humber
- 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 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) | £22.3k | £18.3k | £72.8k | £88.3k |
| Cost of sales | £346 | £256 | £1.1k | £543 |
| Gross profit | £21.9k | £18.1k | £71.7k | £87.8k |
| Operating profit | −£460 | £258 | £822 | £3.1k |
| Profit before tax | −£460 | £258 | £822 | £3.1k |
| Profit after tax | −£409 | £186 | £658 | £2.5k |
| Profit (best available) | −£409 | £186 | £658 | £2.5k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1.8% | 1% | 0.9% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | 98.4% | 98.6% | 98.5% | 99.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £7.4k | £6.1k | £72.8k | £88.3k |
| Profit per employee | −£136 | £62 | £658 | £2.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17.6% | ▲297.3% | ▲21.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲253.8% | ▲287.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼66.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.6k | £30k | £18.3k | £51.2k |
| Net assets | £159 | £345 | £1k | £3.6k |
| Fixed assets | £195 | £39 | £0 | — |
| Current assets | £5.3k | £30k | £18.3k | £51.2k |
| Debtors | £745 | £0 | — | — |
| Deferred income | £4.9k | £29.1k | £16.6k | £40.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 99.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £88.3k
- 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
- 45.5%
- 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
- ▲254%
- Now £3.6k
- Cash at bank
- ▲180%
- Now £51.2k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- ▲142%
- Now £40.2k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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 £2.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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