Speak Carbon Collective CIC
Registered name: SPEAK CARBON COLLECTIVE CIC
Speak Carbon Collective CIC made £121k revenue and a £16.9k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2024.
Speak Carbon Collective CIC’s revenue fell 29% to £121k in the year to 31 Aug 2024, with a loss of £16.9k and 4 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in York; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- York, Yorkshire and The Humber
- 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 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £127k | £171k | £121k |
| Cost of sales | £75.7k | £30.4k | £26.8k |
| Gross profit | £51.2k | £141k | £94.6k |
| Operating profit | £16.5k | £29.2k | −£20.8k |
| Profit before tax | £16.5k | £29.2k | −£20.8k |
| Profit after tax | £13.4k | £23.6k | −£16.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £13.4k | £23.6k | −£16.9k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10.5% | 13.8% | −13.9% |
| Gross margin | 40.4% | 82.3% | 77.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £42.3k | £42.9k | £30.4k |
| Profit per employee | £4.5k | £5.9k | −£4.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲35.1% | ▼29.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲76.6% | ▼171.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £11.4k | £41.6k | £18.6k |
| Net assets | £13.4k | £37k | £20.1k |
| Current assets | £42.9k | £61k | £27.9k |
| Debtors | £30.1k | £12.7k | £4.9k |
| Deferred income | £3k | £2.1k | £1.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −13.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 77.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £30.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.2k
- 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
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4%
- 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
- ▼46%
- Now £20.1k
- Cash at bank
- ▼55%
- Now £18.6k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- ▼24%
- 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.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2024 (profit −£16.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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