Criptic CIC
Registered name: CRIPTIC CIC
Criptic CIC made £447k revenue and £17k profit in the year to 5 Apr 2025.
Criptic CIC’s revenue grew 30% to £447k in the year to 5 Apr 2025, with £17k profit and 7 employees. The company is classified under “cultural education” and is based in London; we hold 3 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 | 5 Apr 2023 | 5 Apr 2024 | 5 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £127k | £345k | £447k |
| Cost of sales | £69.5k | £276k | £362k |
| Gross profit | £57k | £68.5k | £84.9k |
| Operating profit | £2.2k | −£4.7k | £13.1k |
| Profit before tax | £2.2k | £393 | £17k |
| Profit after tax | £1.8k | £34.9k | £17k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8k | £34.9k | £17k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 10.1% | 3.8% |
| Gross margin | 45.1% | 19.9% | 19% |
| Revenue per employee | £127k | £57.5k | £63.8k |
| Profit per employee | £1.8k | £5.8k | £2.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲172.4% | ▲29.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1837% | ▼51.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲500% | ▲16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £176k | £195k | £213k |
| Net assets | £2.9k | £37.8k | £93.9k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £1.1k | £2.6k |
| Current assets | £184k | £245k | £289k |
| Debtors | £7.8k | £1.6k | £1.4k |
| Deferred income | £180k | £201k | £193k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £63.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 43.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- 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
- ▲149%
- Now £93.9k
- Cash at bank
- ▲9%
- Now £213k
- Headcount
- ▲17%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- ▼4%
- Now £193k
- Fixed assets
- ▲133%
- Now £2.6k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Similar profitable businesses
- Kingdom School of Arts C.I.C.Romford · Cultural education
- Revenue
- £447k
- Profit
- £43k
- Staff
- 4
- Host London LimitedLondon · Cultural education
- Revenue
- £456k
- Profit
- £65k
- Staff
- 0
- Association for Industrial ArchaeologyTelford · Cultural education
- Revenue
- £421k
- Profit
- £204k
- Staff
- 0
- Place Education CICLiverpool · Cultural education
- Revenue
- £383k
- Profit
- £26.3k
- Staff
- 8
- London Suzuki Group(The)Brentford · Cultural education
- Revenue
- £571k
- Profit
- £3.3k
- Staff
- 0
- Game Changers Education Community Interest CompanyLondon · Cultural education
- Revenue
- £306k
- Profit
- £47.7k
- Staff
- 9
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 5 Apr 2025 (profit £17k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.