Drawing Board Productions Community Interest Company
Registered name: DRAWING BOARD PRODUCTIONS COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
Drawing Board Productions Community Interest Company made £171k revenue and £2.9k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Drawing Board Productions Community Interest Company’s revenue grew 9% to £171k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.9k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “publishing of newspapers” and is based in Stockport; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stockport, North West
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £150k | £131k | £157k | £171k |
| Cost of sales | £43.8k | £56.7k | £44.7k | £60.9k |
| Gross profit | £106k | £73.9k | £112k | £110k |
| Operating profit | −£232 | −£41k | £20.1k | £2.9k |
| Profit before tax | −£232 | −£41k | £20.1k | £2.9k |
| Profit after tax | −£232 | −£41k | £20.1k | £2.9k |
| Profit (best available) | −£232 | −£41k | £20.1k | £2.9k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.1% | −31.4% | 12.8% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 70.8% | 56.6% | 71.5% | 64.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼12.8% | ▲19.9% | ▲9.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼85.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £16.7k | £11.3k | £22.2k | £15.9k |
| Net assets | £1 | −£41k | −£20.9k | −£18.1k |
| Current assets | £33k | £19.3k | £29.2k | £22.1k |
| Debtors | £13.1k | £7.3k | £3.9k | £5.6k |
| Deferred income | £0 | £21.1k | £25.1k | £29.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 64.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- 17.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- 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 −£18.1k
- Cash at bank
- ▼28%
- Now £15.9k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲18%
- Now £29.7k
- 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 Dec 2025 (profit £2.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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