Blue Elephant Future Steps CIC
Registered name: BLUE ELEPHANT FUTURE STEPS CIC
Blue Elephant Future Steps CIC made £118k revenue and £11.6k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Blue Elephant Future Steps CIC’s revenue was £118k in the year to 31 May 2025, with £11.6k profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Barnstaple; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barnstaple, South West
- Age
- 2 yrs · since 2024
- 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 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £118k |
| Cost of sales | £0 | £131k |
| Gross profit | £0 | −£13.6k |
| Operating profit | £0 | £14.6k |
| Profit before tax | £0 | £14.3k |
| Profit after tax | £0 | £11.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | £11.6k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | 9.9% |
| Gross margin | — | −11.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £14.7k |
| Profit per employee | — | £1.5k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £6k |
| Net assets | £0 | £11.6k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £7.1k |
| Current assets | £0 | £16.4k |
| Debtors | £0 | £8.9k |
| Deferred income | £0 | £800 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −11.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £14.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.5%
- 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
- —
- Now £11.6k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £6k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £800
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £7.1k
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 May 2025 (profit £11.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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