Northern Roots
Registered name: NORTHERN ROOTS
Northern Roots made £53.8k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Northern Roots reported £53.8k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025, down 44% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 3 employees. The company is classified under “operation of arts facilities” and is based in Newcastle Upon Tyne; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £307 | £72 | — |
| Cost of sales | −£53.3k | −£20.6k | −£52.7k | −£58.2k |
| Operating profit | £67k | −£46.9k | £28.2k | −£41.6k |
| Profit before tax | £67k | −£46.9k | £28.2k | −£41.6k |
| Profit after tax | £114k | £67.1k | £95.4k | £53.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £114k | £67.1k | £95.4k | £53.8k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 21865% | 132446% | — |
| Revenue per employee | — | £102 | £24 | — |
| Profit per employee | £38k | £22.4k | £31.8k | £17.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼76.5% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼41.1% | ▲42.1% | ▼43.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £119k | £73.9k | £96.8k | £58.3k |
| Net assets | £114k | £67.1k | £95.4k | £53.8k |
| Fixed assets | £1.5k | £1.5k | £2.2k | £2k |
| Current assets | £129k | £74.3k | £96.8k | — |
| Debtors | £9.6k | £381 | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼44%
- Now £53.8k
- Cash at bank
- ▼40%
- Now £58.3k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £2k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £53.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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