Playing for the Future C.I.C.
Registered name: PLAYING FOR THE FUTURE C.I.C.
Playing for the Future C.I.C. made £125k revenue and a £14.4k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Playing for the Future C.I.C.’s revenue grew 1% to £125k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £14.4k and 3 employees. The company is classified under “other sports activities” and is based in Craigavon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Craigavon, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £128k | £183k | £124k | £125k |
| Cost of sales | £62.6k | £154k | £82.6k | £91k |
| Gross profit | £65k | £29.6k | £41.8k | £34.1k |
| Operating profit | £20.4k | £5.3k | −£18.6k | −£14.6k |
| Profit before tax | £20.2k | £5.2k | −£18.6k | −£14.4k |
| Profit after tax | £20.2k | £5.2k | −£18.6k | −£14.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £20.2k | £5.2k | −£18.6k | −£14.4k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 15.8% | 2.9% | −15% | −11.5% |
| Gross margin | 50.9% | 16.2% | 33.6% | 27.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £63.8k | £61.1k | £41.5k | £41.7k |
| Profit per employee | £10.1k | £1.7k | −£6.2k | −£4.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲43.7% | ▼32.1% | ▲0.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼74.1% | ▼457% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲50% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £95.3k | £47.8k | £27.4k | £14.8k |
| Net assets | £39.4k | £44.6k | £26k | £11.6k |
| Fixed assets | £2.1k | £1.2k | £2.3k | £1.5k |
| Current assets | £95.4k | £47.8k | £27.4k | £15.2k |
| Debtors | £154 | — | — | £398 |
| Deferred income | £53.9k | £1.7k | £1.8k | £1.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −11.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £41.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- 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
- ▼55%
- Now £11.6k
- Cash at bank
- ▼46%
- Now £14.8k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £1.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼35%
- Now £1.5k
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 Mar 2025 (profit −£14.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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