Salaam Festival CIC
Registered name: SALAAM FESTIVAL CIC
Salaam Festival CIC made £60.6k revenue and £1k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Salaam Festival CIC’s revenue fell 20% to £60.6k in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £1k profit and 15 employees. The company is classified under “performing arts” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- 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 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £46.9k | £76.1k | £60.6k |
| Cost of sales | £41.5k | £71.1k | £57.6k |
| Gross profit | £5.3k | £5k | £3k |
| Operating profit | £3.8k | £2.5k | £1k |
| Profit before tax | £3.8k | £2.5k | £1k |
| Profit after tax | £3.8k | £2.5k | £1k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.8k | £2.5k | £1k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.2% | 3.3% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 11.4% | 6.6% | 5% |
| Revenue per employee | £9.4k | £7.6k | £4k |
| Profit per employee | £766 | £250 | £68 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲62.3% | ▼20.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼34.7% | ▼59.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲100% | ▲50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Net assets | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Current assets | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £68
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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 £0
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £0
- Headcount
- ▲50%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £0
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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