Stars and Sparkles CIC
Registered name: STARS AND SPARKLES CIC
Stars and Sparkles CIC made £162k revenue and £23.4k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Stars and Sparkles CIC’s revenue grew 10% to £162k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £23.4k profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “other social work activities without accommodation” and is based in Peterborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterborough, East of England
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £43.1k | £141k | £147k | £162k |
| Cost of sales | £1.7k | £6.5k | £3.5k | £10.5k |
| Gross profit | £41.4k | £134k | £144k | £151k |
| Operating profit | −£6.6k | −£5.4k | £666 | £24.9k |
| Profit before tax | −£6.6k | −£5.4k | £666 | £24.9k |
| Profit after tax | −£6.6k | −£5.4k | £666 | £23.4k |
| Profit (best available) | −£6.6k | −£5.4k | £666 | £23.4k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −15.3% | −3.9% | 0.4% | 14.5% |
| Gross margin | 96% | 95.4% | 97.6% | 93.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £43.1k | £28.1k | £29.5k | £32.4k |
| Profit per employee | −£6.6k | −£1.1k | £133 | £4.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲4.8% | ▲9.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲3414% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £37.3k | £161k | £186k | £133k |
| Net assets | −£37.8k | −£43.2k | −£42.6k | −£19.2k |
| Current assets | £39.3k | £165k | £201k | £134k |
| Debtors | £627 | £1.6k | £12.8k | £321 |
| Deferred income | — | — | £29.7k | £44.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 93.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £32.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.7k
- 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
- 27.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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 −£19.2k
- Cash at bank
- ▼29%
- Now £133k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- ▲50%
- Now £44.4k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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 £23.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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