Strands Fundraising CIC
Registered name: STRANDS FUNDRAISING CIC
Strands Fundraising CIC made £28.4k revenue and a £8.3k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Strands Fundraising CIC’s revenue fell 29% to £28.4k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £8.3k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “public relations and communications activities” and is based in Braintree; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Braintree, East of England
- Age
- 3 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £39.9k | £28.4k |
| Cost of sales | £22.7k | £30.5k |
| Gross profit | £17.2k | −£2.1k |
| Operating profit | £11.6k | −£8.3k |
| Profit before tax | £11.6k | −£8.3k |
| Profit after tax | £9.3k | −£8.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £9.3k | −£8.3k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 23.2% | −29.3% |
| Gross margin | 43.1% | −7.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £39.9k | — |
| Profit per employee | £9.3k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼28.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼190.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £12.9k | £3k |
| Net assets | £9.3k | £909 |
| Fixed assets | £653 | £327 |
| Current assets | £12.9k | £3k |
| Deferred income | £480 | £495 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −29.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −7.3%
- 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
- 1.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- 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
- ▼90%
- Now £909
- Cash at bank
- ▼77%
- Now £3k
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲3%
- Now £495
- Fixed assets
- ▼50%
- Now £327
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 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£8.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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