Community East CIC
Registered name: COMMUNITY EAST CIC
Community East CIC made £52.3k revenue and a £2k loss in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Community East CIC’s revenue grew 5% to £52.3k in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with a loss of £2k and 3 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of sports goods, fishing gear, camping goods, boats and bicycles” and is based in Norwich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Norwich, 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 | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.1k | £41.8k | £49.6k | £52.3k |
| Cost of sales | £5.7k | £4.1k | — | — |
| Gross profit | £18.4k | £37.7k | £49.6k | £52.3k |
| Operating profit | £4.8k | −£12.6k | −£6.7k | −£2k |
| Profit before tax | £4.8k | −£12.6k | −£6.7k | −£2k |
| Profit after tax | £4.8k | −£12.6k | −£6.7k | −£2k |
| Profit (best available) | £4.8k | −£12.6k | −£6.7k | −£2k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 19.9% | −30.1% | −13.5% | −3.8% |
| Gross margin | 76.3% | 90.3% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £12.1k | £10.4k | £16.5k | £17.4k |
| Profit per employee | £2.4k | −£3.1k | −£2.2k | −£666 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲73% | ▲18.9% | ▲5.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼361.8% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲100% | ▼25% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £10.7k | £11.6k | £17.3k | £8.6k |
| Net assets | £10.5k | −£2.1k | −£8.8k | −£10.8k |
| Current assets | £10.7k | £11.6k | £18.2k | £10.9k |
| Debtors | — | — | £898 | £2.3k |
| Deferred income | — | £250 | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £17.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£666
- 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
- 4.4%
- 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 −£10.8k
- Cash at bank
- ▼50%
- Now £8.6k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit −£2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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