Narratives Lab CIC
Registered name: NARRATIVES LAB CIC
Narratives Lab CIC made £100k revenue and a £2.8k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Narratives Lab CIC’s revenue grew 34% to £100k in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £2.8k and 2 employees. The company is classified under “research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £74.6k | £100k |
| Cost of sales | £0 | £31k | £0 |
| Gross profit | £0 | £43.6k | £100k |
| Operating profit | £0 | £11.4k | −£2.8k |
| Profit before tax | £0 | £11.4k | −£2.8k |
| Profit after tax | £0 | £9.2k | −£2.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | £9.2k | −£2.8k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 12.3% | −2.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 58.5% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £37.3k | £50k |
| Profit per employee | — | £4.6k | −£1.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲34% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼130% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | £24.9k | £2.1k |
| Net assets | £0 | £9.2k | £6.4k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £1.1k | £1.8k |
| Current assets | £0 | £38.8k | £14.5k |
| Debtors | £0 | £13.8k | £9.7k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £1 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £50k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.7%
- 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
- ▼30%
- Now £6.4k
- Cash at bank
- ▼92%
- Now £2.1k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £1
- Fixed assets
- ▲63%
- Now £1.8k
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 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£2.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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