Invisible Cities C.I.C.
Registered name: INVISIBLE CITIES C.I.C.
Invisible Cities C.I.C. made £90.8k revenue and £436 profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Invisible Cities C.I.C.’s revenue grew 43% to £90.8k in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £436 profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “activities of tourist guides” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £51.6k | £63.4k | £90.8k |
| Cost of sales | — | £15.6k | £17.3k | £16.6k |
| Gross profit | — | £35.9k | £46.1k | £74.2k |
| Operating profit | — | −£12.9k | £14.6k | £2.5k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£13.5k | £13.6k | £436 |
| Profit after tax | — | −£13.5k | £13.6k | £436 |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£13.5k | £13.6k | £436 |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −26.2% | 21.4% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 69.7% | 72.7% | 81.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £5.7k | £6.3k | £11.4k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£1.5k | £1.4k | £54 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲22.9% | ▲43.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼96.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲28.6% | ▲11.1% | ▼20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £33k | £26k | £33.5k | £48k |
| Net assets | −£20.1k | −£33.6k | −£20k | −£19.6k |
| Fixed assets | £5.4k | £3.2k | £1k | £490 |
| Current assets | £33k | £26k | £33.5k | £48k |
| Deferred income | £1.4k | £1.4k | £1.4k | £22.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 81.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £11.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £54
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 25%
- 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
- —
- Now −£19.6k
- Cash at bank
- ▲43%
- Now £48k
- Headcount
- ▼20%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- ▲1505%
- Now £22.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▼53%
- Now £490
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 28 Feb 2025 (profit £436), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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