Rubber Chicken Theatre CIC
Registered name: RUBBER CHICKEN THEATRE CIC
Rubber Chicken Theatre CIC made £238k revenue and £17.2k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Rubber Chicken Theatre CIC’s revenue grew 12% to £238k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £17.2k profit and 7 employees. The company is classified under “performing arts” and is based in Stirling; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stirling, Scotland
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £161k | £180k | £213k | £238k |
| Cost of sales | £92.7k | £101k | £117k | £134k |
| Gross profit | £68.6k | £79.3k | £96.4k | £105k |
| Operating profit | £685 | £3.8k | £14.1k | £18.6k |
| Profit before tax | −£291 | £3.1k | £13.5k | £18.6k |
| Profit after tax | £497 | £14.2k | £12.4k | £17.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £497 | £14.2k | £12.4k | £17.2k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 7.9% | 5.8% | 7.2% |
| Gross margin | 42.5% | 44.1% | 45.2% | 43.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £40.3k | £60k | £53.3k | £34.1k |
| Profit per employee | £124 | £4.7k | £3.1k | £2.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.6% | ▲18.5% | ▲11.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2749% | ▼12.5% | ▲39% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼25% | ▲33.3% | ▲75% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £16.2k | £17.2k | £2.2k | £22.6k |
| Net assets | −£5.2k | £8.9k | £21.3k | £38.7k |
| Fixed assets | £3.7k | £2.7k | £2.5k | £4.2k |
| Current assets | £45.9k | £60.3k | £70.6k | £101k |
| Debtors | £29.7k | £43.1k | £68.4k | £78.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £34.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 32.9%
- 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
- ▲81%
- Now £38.7k
- Cash at bank
- ▲936%
- Now £22.6k
- Headcount
- ▲75%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲65%
- Now £4.2k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £17.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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