Brainfools CIC
Registered name: BRAINFOOLS CIC
Brainfools CIC made £54.3k revenue and £2k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Brainfools CIC’s revenue grew 147% to £54.3k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £2k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “cultural education” and is based in Bow; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bow, 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 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.2k | £22k | £54.3k |
| Cost of sales | £36k | £42.4k | £51.7k |
| Gross profit | −£18.8k | −£20.5k | £2.6k |
| Operating profit | −£1.8k | £1.9k | £2.8k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.8k | £1.9k | £2.8k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.9k | £1.8k | £2k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.9k | £1.8k | £2k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −11.3% | 8.3% | 3.6% |
| Gross margin | −109.5% | −93.1% | 4.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲27.8% | ▲147.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲8.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | £14.4k | £2.9k |
| Net assets | −£484 | £1.3k | £3.3k |
| Fixed assets | £1.7k | £1.5k | £1.1k |
| Current assets | £811 | £22.2k | £7.4k |
| Debtors | £811 | £0 | £3.1k |
| Deferred income | £1.2k | £21.8k | £1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4.8%
- 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
- 2.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- 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
- ▲148%
- Now £3.3k
- Cash at bank
- ▼80%
- Now £2.9k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼95%
- Now £1k
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £1.1k
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 Aug 2025 (profit £2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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