Ability Social Housing CIC
Registered name: ABILITY SOCIAL HOUSING CIC
Ability Social Housing CIC made £270k revenue and £18.1k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Ability Social Housing CIC’s revenue grew 39% to £270k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £18.1k profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “renting and operating of housing association real estate” and is based in Birmingham, West Midlands; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands, West Midlands
- 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 | 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) | £0 | £8.3k | £194k | £270k |
| Cost of sales | — | £9.9k | £152k | £215k |
| Gross profit | £0 | £8.3k | £42k | £55.7k |
| Operating profit | £0 | −£1.6k | £11.6k | £22.4k |
| Profit before tax | £0 | −£1.6k | £11.6k | £22.4k |
| Profit after tax | £0 | −£1.6k | £9.7k | £18.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | −£1.6k | £9.7k | £18.1k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −18.8% | 5% | 6.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 100% | 21.7% | 20.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £96.9k | £135k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £4.8k | £9.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲2224% | ▲39.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲87.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £6.5k | £21.4k | £43.1k |
| Net assets | £0 | −£1.6k | £8.1k | £26.2k |
| Current assets | £0 | £6.5k | £21.4k | £43.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £135k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.1k
- 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
- ▲224%
- Now £26.2k
- Cash at bank
- ▲102%
- Now £43.1k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £18.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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