Larksfoot CIC
Registered name: LARKSFOOT CIC
Larksfoot CIC made £96.5k revenue and a £5.9k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2024.
Larksfoot CIC’s revenue fell 5% to £96.5k in the year to 30 Apr 2024, with a loss of £5.9k and 6 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in Carnforth; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Carnforth, North West
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £55.4k | £102k | £96.5k |
| Cost of sales | £22.7k | £8.9k | £6.1k |
| Gross profit | £32.7k | £93.1k | £90.4k |
| Operating profit | £1.3k | £9.4k | −£7.3k |
| Profit before tax | £1.3k | £9.4k | −£7.3k |
| Profit after tax | £1k | £7.6k | −£5.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £1k | £7.6k | −£5.9k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.9% | 7.5% | −6.2% |
| Gross margin | 59.1% | 91.2% | 93.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £11.1k | £12.8k | £16.1k |
| Profit per employee | £207 | £955 | −£989 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲84.3% | ▼5.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲636.6% | ▼177.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲60% | ▼25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £13.1k | £20.2k | £19.3k |
| Net assets | £1k | £8.7k | £2.7k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £0 | — |
| Current assets | £14.2k | £23.5k | £25.1k |
| Debtors | £1.1k | £1.3k | £4.4k |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £20k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 93.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £16.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£989
- 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
- 20.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- 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
- ▼68%
- Now £2.7k
- Cash at bank
- ▼4%
- Now £19.3k
- Headcount
- ▼25%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £20k
- 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 30 Apr 2024 (profit −£5.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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