Platform Theatre Arts CIC
Registered name: PLATFORM THEATRE ARTS CIC
Platform Theatre Arts CIC made £8.8k revenue and a £185 loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Platform Theatre Arts CIC’s revenue fell 21% to £8.8k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £185 and 4 employees. The company is classified under “performing arts” and is based in Southend-on-Sea; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southend-on-Sea, East of England
- 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 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15k | £11k | £8.8k |
| Cost of sales | £450 | £1.2k | £1.6k |
| Gross profit | £14.6k | £9.8k | £7.2k |
| Operating profit | £2.9k | −£2k | −£185 |
| Profit before tax | £2.9k | −£2k | −£185 |
| Profit after tax | £2.3k | −£1.6k | −£185 |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3k | −£1.6k | −£185 |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 15.6% | −14.5% | −2.1% |
| Gross margin | 97% | 89.1% | 81.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £3.8k | £2.8k | £2.2k |
| Profit per employee | £584 | −£399 | −£46 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼26.5% | ▼20.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼168.3% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £744 | £315 | £3.5k |
| Net assets | £2.3k | £741 | £556 |
| Current assets | £2.4k | £858 | £3.9k |
| Debtors | £75 | £543 | £329 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 81.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£46
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- 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
- ▼25%
- Now £556
- Cash at bank
- ▲1024%
- Now £3.5k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£185), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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