Elevator Arts CIC
Registered name: ELEVATOR ARTS CIC
Elevator Arts CIC made £48.4k revenue and a £13.5k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Elevator Arts CIC’s revenue was £48.4k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £13.5k and 3 employees. The company is classified under “cultural education” and is based in Westcliff-on-Sea; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Westcliff-on-Sea, 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 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30.3k | £66.7k | £82.1k | £48.4k |
| Cost of sales | £14.8k | £17.3k | £20.5k | £32.5k |
| Gross profit | £15.5k | £49.4k | £61.6k | £15.9k |
| Operating profit | −£9.3k | £9.4k | £6.2k | −£16.8k |
| Profit before tax | −£9.3k | £9.6k | £6.8k | −£16.6k |
| Profit after tax | −£7.5k | £7.7k | £5.5k | −£13.5k |
| Profit (best available) | −£7.5k | £7.7k | £5.5k | −£13.5k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −24.8% | 11.6% | 6.7% | −27.8% |
| Gross margin | 51.1% | 74.1% | 75% | 32.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £10.1k | £22.2k | £27.4k | £16.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.5k | £2.6k | £1.8k | −£4.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲120.1% | ▲23% | — |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼29% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.9k | £29.6k | £69.8k | £72.1k |
| Net assets | −£3.9k | £3.9k | £9.4k | −£4.1k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £580 | £294 | £1.2k |
| Current assets | £8.4k | £32.1k | £70.3k | £72.6k |
| Debtors | £1.4k | £2.5k | £525 | £524 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −27.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £16.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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 −£4.1k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £72.1k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £1.2k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£13.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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