The Black Costume Network CIC
Registered name: THE BLACK COSTUME NETWORK CIC
The Black Costume Network CIC made £2.7k revenue and £217 profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
The Black Costume Network CIC’s revenue fell 16% to £2.7k in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £217 profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “support activities to performing arts” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.7k | £4.6k | £3.3k | £2.7k |
| Cost of sales | £916 | — | £2k | — |
| Gross profit | £1.8k | £4.6k | £1.3k | £2.7k |
| Operating profit | £977 | £1.9k | −£1.4k | £217 |
| Profit before tax | £977 | £1.9k | −£1.4k | £217 |
| Profit after tax | £791 | £1.9k | −£1.4k | £217 |
| Profit (best available) | £791 | £1.9k | −£1.4k | £217 |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 29.6% | 40.7% | −42.5% | 7.9% |
| Gross margin | 65.7% | 100% | 39.9% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3k | £2.3k | £1.6k | £1.4k |
| Profit per employee | £396 | £944 | −£694 | £108 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲73.6% | ▼29.7% | ▼16% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲138.8% | ▼173.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.5k | £5.3k | £3.9k | £5k |
| Net assets | £2.6k | £4.5k | £3.1k | £3.4k |
| Current assets | £3.5k | £5.3k | £3.9k | £5k |
| Deferred income | £877 | £787 | £787 | £1.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £108
- 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
- 57.3%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £3.4k
- Cash at bank
- ▲28%
- Now £5k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▲99%
- Now £1.6k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £217), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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