Design Nature CIC
Registered name: DESIGN NATURE CIC
Design Nature CIC made £56.7k revenue and £5.1k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2024.
Design Nature CIC’s revenue grew 365% to £56.7k in the year to 31 Jul 2024, with £5.1k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “specialised design activities” and is based in Reading; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, 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 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.2k | £56.7k |
| Cost of sales | £11.5k | £45.6k |
| Gross profit | £741 | £11.1k |
| Operating profit | −£602 | £6k |
| Profit before tax | −£602 | £6k |
| Profit after tax | −£602 | £5.1k |
| Profit (best available) | −£602 | £5.1k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −4.9% | 8.9% |
| Gross margin | 6.1% | 19.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲364.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £947 | £766 |
| Net assets | −£939 | £4.1k |
| Current assets | £1.5k | £17.3k |
| Debtors | £600 | £16.5k |
| Deferred income | £630 | £9.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.6%
- 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
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 16.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 29.2%
- 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 £4.1k
- Cash at bank
- ▼19%
- Now £766
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲1379%
- Now £9.3k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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 Jul 2024 (profit £5.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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