Grow Learn Play Project CIC
Registered name: GROW LEARN PLAY PROJECT CIC
Grow Learn Play Project CIC made £1.1m revenue and £46.6k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Grow Learn Play Project CIC’s revenue grew 40% to £1.1m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £46.6k profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “child day-care activities” and is based in Banbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Banbury, South East
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £560k | £623k | £758k | £1.1m |
| Cost of sales | £5.3k | £7.9k | £12.7k | £13k |
| Gross profit | £555k | £615k | £745k | £1m |
| Operating profit | £47.1k | −£9k | £1.3k | £52.8k |
| Profit before tax | £47.1k | −£8.5k | £2.7k | £50.4k |
| Profit after tax | £47.1k | −£8.5k | £2.7k | £46.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £47.1k | −£8.5k | £2.7k | £46.6k |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 26 | 28 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.4% | −1.4% | 0.4% | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | 99.1% | 98.7% | 98.3% | 98.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £21.6k | £23.9k | £27.1k | £28.7k |
| Profit per employee | £1.8k | −£326 | £97 | £1.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▲21.7% | ▲40.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼118% | — | ▲1617% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲7.7% | ▲32.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £163k | £109k | £118k | £283k |
| Net assets | £47.2k | £38.8k | £41.5k | £88.1k |
| Fixed assets | £42.3k | £43.9k | £47.9k | £66k |
| Current assets | £170k | £121k | £133k | £329k |
| Debtors | £203 | £5.6k | £6.3k | £6.2k |
| Deferred income | £37.4k | £32k | £52.9k | £60.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 98.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £28.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▲112%
- Now £88.1k
- Cash at bank
- ▲139%
- Now £283k
- Headcount
- ▲32%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- ▲14%
- Now £60.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▲38%
- Now £66k
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 31 Aug 2025 (profit £46.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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