Duns Community Childcare CIC
Registered name: DUNS COMMUNITY CHILDCARE CIC
Duns Community Childcare CIC made £286k revenue and a £9.4k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Duns Community Childcare CIC’s revenue was £286k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £9.4k and 11 employees. The company is classified under “child day-care activities” and is based in Duns; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Duns, Scotland
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2022
- 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) | £257k | £286k |
| Cost of sales | £15.8k | £14.9k |
| Gross profit | £241k | £271k |
| Operating profit | £32.1k | −£11.5k |
| Profit before tax | £32.1k | −£11.5k |
| Profit after tax | £25.3k | −£9.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £25.3k | −£9.4k |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 11 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 9.8% | −3.3% |
| Gross margin | 93.8% | 94.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £23.3k | £26k |
| Profit per employee | £2.3k | −£854 |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £60.1k | £35.9k |
| Net assets | £25.3k | £15.9k |
| Fixed assets | £37.4k | £39.7k |
| Current assets | £62.9k | £35.9k |
| Debtors | £2.9k | — |
| Deferred income | £7.5k | £15.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 94.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £26k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£854
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- 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 £15.9k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £35.9k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 11
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £15.3k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £39.7k
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 −£9.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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