Doughnut Economics Action Lab C.I.C.
Registered name: DOUGHNUT ECONOMICS ACTION LAB C.I.C.
Doughnut Economics Action Lab C.I.C. made £56.5k revenue and £27.1k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2024.
Doughnut Economics Action Lab C.I.C.’s revenue fell 92% to £56.5k in the year to 31 Jul 2024, with £27.1k profit and 11 employees. The company is classified under “research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities” and is based in Poole; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Poole, South West
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £607k | £726k | £56.5k |
| Cost of sales | £382 | £0 | £0 |
| Gross profit | £606k | £726k | £56.5k |
| Operating profit | £27.7k | £6.7k | £33.1k |
| Profit before tax | £27.7k | £6.7k | £33.1k |
| Profit after tax | £22.5k | £4.2k | £27.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £22.5k | £4.2k | £27.1k |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 7 | 11 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.7% | 0.6% | 48.1% |
| Gross margin | 99.9% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £75.8k | £104k | £5.1k |
| Profit per employee | £2.8k | £598 | £2.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.7% | ▼92.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼81.4% | ▲548.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.5% | ▲57.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £750k | £905k | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £79.6k | £83.8k | £111k |
| Fixed assets | £35.1k | £28.3k | £21.3k |
| Current assets | £759k | £917k | £1.8m |
| Debtors | £8.1k | £12.2k | £1.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 48.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £5.1k
- 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
- 37.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- 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
- ▲32%
- Now £111k
- Cash at bank
- ▲99%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▲57%
- Now 11
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £21.3k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2024 (profit £27.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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