Alfie’s Community Ark CIC
Registered name: ALFIE’S COMMUNITY ARK CIC
Alfie’s Community Ark CIC made £15.8k revenue and £34 profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Alfie’s Community Ark CIC’s revenue fell 37% to £15.8k in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £34 profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of other second-hand goods in stores (not incl. antiques)” and is based in Lowestoft; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lowestoft, East of England
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.3k | £17.5k | £25.3k | £15.8k |
| Cost of sales | £585 | £840 | £4.3k | £1.2k |
| Gross profit | £6.7k | £16.6k | £21k | £14.6k |
| Operating profit | £21.1k | £30.4k | £499 | £275 |
| Profit before tax | £21.1k | £30.4k | £499 | £275 |
| Profit after tax | £21.1k | £30.4k | £404 | £34 |
| Profit (best available) | £21.1k | £30.4k | £404 | £34 |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 291.5% | 174% | 1.6% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 91.9% | 95.2% | 83% | 92.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £906 | £2.2k | £4.2k | £2.6k |
| Profit per employee | £2.6k | £3.8k | £67 | £6 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲140.8% | ▲44.9% | ▼37.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲43.7% | ▼98.7% | ▼91.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼25% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £0 | £4.6k | £2.6k |
| Net assets | £0 | £0 | £4.6k | £2.6k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Current assets | £0 | £0 | £4.6k | £2.6k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 92.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6
- 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
- ▼44%
- Now £2.6k
- Cash at bank
- ▼43%
- Now £2.6k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £34), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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