Essence Youth Mentoring CIC
Registered name: ESSENCE YOUTH MENTORING CIC
Essence Youth Mentoring CIC made £61.3k revenue and a £300 loss in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Essence Youth Mentoring CIC’s revenue grew 27% to £61.3k in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with a loss of £300 and 2 employees. The company is classified under “cultural education” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- 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 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.9k | £48.4k | £61.3k |
| Cost of sales | £2.8k | £6.6k | £12.5k |
| Gross profit | £15k | £41.8k | £48.8k |
| Operating profit | £1.5k | −£252 | −£300 |
| Profit before tax | £1.5k | −£252 | −£300 |
| Profit after tax | £1.5k | −£252 | −£300 |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5k | −£252 | −£300 |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.5% | −0.5% | −0.5% |
| Gross margin | 84.1% | 86.3% | 79.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £8.9k | £48.4k | £30.6k |
| Profit per employee | £759 | −£252 | −£150 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲171.2% | ▲26.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼116.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼50% | ▲100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.5k | £1.4k | £6.9k |
| Net assets | £1.5k | £1.3k | £966 |
| Fixed assets | £1.5k | £1.3k | £1.3k |
| Current assets | £3.5k | £1.4k | £6.9k |
| Deferred income | £3.5k | £1.4k | £7.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 79.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £30.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£150
- 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
- 11.8%
- 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
- ▼24%
- Now £966
- Cash at bank
- ▲384%
- Now £6.9k
- Headcount
- ▲100%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▲408%
- Now £7.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £1.3k
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 Oct 2025 (profit −£300), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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