Vital Play C.I.C.
Registered name: VITAL PLAY C.I.C.
Vital Play C.I.C. made £246k revenue and £8.8k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Vital Play C.I.C.’s revenue grew 10% to £246k in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £8.8k profit and 18 employees. The company is classified under “sports and recreation education” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £118k | £186k | £224k | £246k |
| Cost of sales | £594 | £263 | £12.5k | £2.4k |
| Gross profit | £117k | £186k | £211k | £244k |
| Operating profit | £13.7k | −£4.9k | £12.8k | £10.9k |
| Profit before tax | £13.7k | −£4.9k | £12.8k | £10.9k |
| Profit after tax | £13.7k | −£7.9k | £12.8k | £8.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £13.7k | −£7.9k | £12.8k | £8.8k |
| Employees (average) | 13 | 21 | 17 | 18 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.7% | −4.3% | 5.7% | 3.6% |
| Gross margin | 99.5% | 99.9% | 94.4% | 99% |
| Revenue per employee | £9.1k | £8.9k | £13.2k | £13.7k |
| Profit per employee | £1.1k | −£377 | £755 | £490 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲57.7% | ▲20.5% | ▲10% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼157.6% | — | ▼31.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲61.5% | ▼19.1% | ▲5.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £38.7k | £29k | £39.9k | £54.3k |
| Net assets | £6.7k | £8.2k | £24.2k | £35.1k |
| Current assets | £38.7k | £29k | £39.9k | £54.3k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £9.4k | £13.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 99%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £13.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £490
- 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
- 5.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲45%
- Now £35.1k
- Cash at bank
- ▲36%
- Now £54.3k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 18
- Deferred income
- ▲40%
- Now £13.2k
- 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £8.8k), 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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