Lamplighter Arts CIC
Registered name: LAMPLIGHTER ARTS CIC
Lamplighter Arts CIC made £45.7k revenue and a £2.4k loss in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Lamplighter Arts CIC’s revenue grew 83% to £45.7k in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with a loss of £2.4k and 3 employees. The company is classified under “performing arts” and is based in Bristol; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South 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 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.5k | £25k | £45.7k |
| Cost of sales | £37.8k | £10.8k | £8.4k |
| Gross profit | −£6.3k | £14.2k | £37.4k |
| Operating profit | £12k | −£4.6k | −£2.4k |
| Profit before tax | £12k | −£4.6k | −£2.4k |
| Profit after tax | £9.7k | −£3.7k | −£2.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £9.7k | −£3.7k | −£2.4k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 30.8% | −14.8% | −5.1% |
| Gross margin | −20% | 56.8% | 81.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £10.5k | £8.3k | £15.2k |
| Profit per employee | £3.2k | −£1.2k | −£785 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼20.5% | ▲82.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼138.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £19.9k | £10k | £37.6k |
| Net assets | £9.8k | £6.1k | £3.7k |
| Current assets | £21.4k | £15.4k | £41.1k |
| Debtors | £850 | £3.7k | £2.1k |
| Deferred income | £7.3k | £9.3k | £36.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 81.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £15.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£785
- 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
- 80.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.7%
- 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
- ▼39%
- Now £3.7k
- Cash at bank
- ▲277%
- Now £37.6k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- ▲295%
- Now £36.7k
- 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 2025 (profit −£2.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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