The Hastings Book Festival CIC
Registered name: THE HASTINGS BOOK FESTIVAL CIC
The Hastings Book Festival CIC made £21.2k revenue and £1.3k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
The Hastings Book Festival CIC’s revenue grew 59% to £21.2k in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.3k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “performing arts” and is based in Bexhill-on-Sea; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bexhill-on-Sea, South East
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- 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 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.3k | £21.2k |
| Cost of sales | £72.5k | £54.6k |
| Gross profit | −£59.2k | −£33.4k |
| Operating profit | £11k | −£770 |
| Profit before tax | £11k | −£770 |
| Profit after tax | £8.9k | £1.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £8.9k | £1.3k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 66.9% | 6.3% |
| Gross margin | −443.2% | −157.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲58.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼85.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £18.3k | £20.5k |
| Net assets | £8.9k | £10.3k |
| Current assets | £18.3k | £20.5k |
| Deferred income | — | £1.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −157.9%
- 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
- 7.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £10.3k
- Cash at bank
- ▲12%
- Now £20.5k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £1.7k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £1.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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