Conversation Over Borders CIC
Registered name: CONVERSATION OVER BORDERS CIC
Conversation Over Borders CIC made £227k revenue and £862 profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Conversation Over Borders CIC’s revenue grew 63% to £227k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £862 profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “cultural education” and is based in Brighton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brighton, South East
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £103k | £139k | £227k |
| Cost of sales | £759 | £772 | £1.7k |
| Gross profit | £102k | £138k | £226k |
| Operating profit | £12k | £3.4k | £1.1k |
| Profit before tax | £12k | £3.3k | £1.1k |
| Profit after tax | £9.7k | £2.7k | £862 |
| Profit (best available) | £9.7k | £2.7k | £862 |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.5% | 1.9% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 99.3% | 99.5% | 99.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £25.6k | £23.2k | £37.9k |
| Profit per employee | £2.4k | £452 | £144 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲35.8% | ▲63.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼72.1% | ▼68.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲50% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £69.9k | £61.2k | £89.7k |
| Net assets | £11k | £13.7k | £14.6k |
| Fixed assets | — | £0 | £0 |
| Current assets | £69.9k | £61.2k | £91.2k |
| Debtors | — | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £650 | £700 | £70.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 99.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £37.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £144
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 31%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £14.6k
- Cash at bank
- ▲46%
- Now £89.7k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- ▲9965%
- Now £70.5k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £0
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 £862), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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