Respite Explorers C.I.C.
Registered name: RESPITE EXPLORERS C.I.C.
Respite Explorers C.I.C. made £166k revenue and £2.1k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Respite Explorers C.I.C.’s revenue grew 29% to £166k in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £2.1k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “child day-care activities” and is based in Bristol; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South 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 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £48.1k | £79.8k | £129k | £166k |
| Cost of sales | £14.2k | £28.8k | £43k | £61.6k |
| Gross profit | £33.9k | £51k | £86.3k | £105k |
| Operating profit | £18.7k | £18.1k | £4.6k | £3.8k |
| Profit before tax | £18.7k | £18.1k | £4.7k | £3.9k |
| Profit after tax | £15.9k | £14.3k | £4.7k | £2.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £15.9k | £14.3k | £4.7k | £2.1k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 33% | 17.9% | 3.6% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 70.5% | 63.9% | 66.7% | 63% |
| Revenue per employee | £24.1k | £26.6k | £32.3k | £55.5k |
| Profit per employee | £7.9k | £4.8k | £1.2k | £708 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲65.9% | ▲62% | ▲28.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼9.8% | ▼67.5% | ▼54.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲50% | ▲33.3% | ▼25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4k | £3.6k | £3.3k | £6.3k |
| Net assets | £5.4k | £14.7k | £16.5k | £17.9k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £6.6k | £15.7k | £9.7k |
| Current assets | £8.7k | £12.4k | £9.4k | £11.3k |
| Debtors | £4.7k | £8.8k | £6.1k | £5.1k |
| Deferred income | £420 | £420 | £420 | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 63%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £55.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £708
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £17.9k
- Cash at bank
- ▲90%
- Now £6.3k
- Headcount
- ▼25%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼38%
- Now £9.7k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £2.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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