Giraffe Trading Community Interest Company
Registered name: GIRAFFE TRADING COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
Giraffe Trading Community Interest Company made £277k revenue and £465 profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Giraffe Trading Community Interest Company’s revenue grew 7% to £277k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £465 profit and 14 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale in non-specialised stores” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £259k | £277k |
| Cost of sales | £103k | £129k |
| Gross profit | £156k | £148k |
| Operating profit | −£2.5k | £1.3k |
| Profit before tax | −£3.7k | £465 |
| Profit after tax | −£3.7k | £465 |
| Profit (best available) | −£3.7k | £465 |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 14 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −1.4% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 60.1% | 53.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £25.9k | £19.8k |
| Profit per employee | −£366 | £33 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲40% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £11.4k | £9.1k |
| Net assets | £196 | £661 |
| Fixed assets | £212k | £178k |
| Current assets | £33k | £24.9k |
| Debtors | £17.5k | £11.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 53.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £19.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £33
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 64.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- 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
- ▲237%
- Now £661
- Cash at bank
- ▼21%
- Now £9.1k
- Headcount
- ▲40%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £178k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £465), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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