Whippersnappers CIC
Registered name: WHIPPERSNAPPERS CIC
Whippersnappers CIC made £706k revenue and £15k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Whippersnappers CIC’s revenue grew 25% to £706k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £15k profit and 65 employees. The company is classified under “child day-care activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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) | £564k | £706k |
| Cost of sales | £38.6k | £39.9k |
| Gross profit | £526k | £666k |
| Operating profit | £854 | £18.3k |
| Profit before tax | £854 | £18.3k |
| Profit after tax | £854 | £15k |
| Profit (best available) | £854 | £15k |
| Employees (average) | 65 | 65 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.1% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 93.2% | 94.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £8.7k | £10.9k |
| Profit per employee | £13 | £230 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1653% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £110k | £119k |
| Net assets | £126k | £141k |
| Fixed assets | £13k | £19.1k |
| Current assets | £127k | £232k |
| Debtors | £16.6k | £109k |
| Deferred income | £75.9k | £81.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 94.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £10.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £230
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 11.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.5%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £141k
- Cash at bank
- ▲8%
- Now £119k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 65
- Deferred income
- ▲7%
- Now £81.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▲47%
- Now £19.1k
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 £15k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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