Free Books Campaign CIC
Registered name: FREE BOOKS CAMPAIGN CIC
Free Books Campaign CIC made £5.5k revenue and a £1.6k loss in the year to 28 Feb 2024.
Free Books Campaign CIC’s revenue grew 181% to £5.5k in the year to 28 Feb 2024, with a loss of £1.6k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “cultural education” and is based in Norwich; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Norwich, East of England
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 28 Feb 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.2k | £2k | £5.5k |
| Cost of sales | £3.5k | £1.4k | £715 |
| Gross profit | £3.8k | £574 | £4.8k |
| Operating profit | £2.2k | −£3.3k | −£1.5k |
| Profit before tax | £2.2k | −£3.3k | −£1.5k |
| Profit after tax | £1.8k | −£2.9k | −£1.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8k | −£2.9k | −£1.6k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 24.5% | −146.9% | −28.6% |
| Gross margin | 52.1% | 29.4% | 87% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼73% | ▲180.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼261.5% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £6.3k | £4.2k | £5.4k |
| Net assets | £1.8k | −£1.1k | −£2.7k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £1.1k | £1.4k |
| Current assets | £6.3k | £4.2k | £5.4k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | — |
| Deferred income | £3.8k | £5.8k | £8.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −28.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 87%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 25.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 155.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 −£2.7k
- Cash at bank
- ▲27%
- Now £5.4k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲48%
- Now £8.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▲32%
- Now £1.4k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2024 (profit −£1.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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