Profit and Loss
Commentary
Current to 11 Oct 26Recognised revenue was £1,050,742 in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 against total cost of £3,072,461. Watch the fall in monthly recurring revenue to £90,415 in September from £97,038 in August.
Revenue recognised over the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 was £1,050,742 against total cost of £3,072,461, leaving EBITDA of -£2,021,719 as at 9 Oct 2026.
What moved: Monthly recurring revenue rose from £51,578 at 30 Sep 2025 to £90,415 at 30 Sep 2026, while monthly total cost moved from £224,060 to £254,411. September revenue was £120,415, including £30,000 non-recurring.
Against target: Recurring % of revenue is on target at 84.6% against 85.0%. Gross margin, the three cost shares and EBITDA % are outside tolerance and unfavourable; headcount of 33 against 50 is outside tolerance, favourable.
Watch: Monthly recurring revenue fell from £97,038 at 31 Aug 2026 to £90,415 at 30 Sep 2026. Non-recurring revenue is irregular, so the monthly recurring share has ranged between 65.8% and 100.0%.
- Payroll£2.3m
- Employer ni pension£0.3m
- Recruitment£0.1m
- Marketing£0.1m
- Cloud hosting£0.1m
- Software tools£0.1m
- Office rent£0.0m
- Travel£0.0m
- Events£0.0m
- Ai inference£0.0m
- Professional fees£0.0m
- Insurance£0.0m
Profit and loss by month
Updated 9 Oct 26| Measure | Sep 25 | Oct 25 | Nov 25 | Dec 25 | Jan 26 | Feb 26 | Mar 26 | Apr 26 | May 26 | Jun 26 | Jul 26 | Aug 26 | Sep 26 | 12 months |
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| Revenue | ||||||||||||||
| Recurring revenue | £51,578 | £53,294 | £55,011 | £58,874 | £63,040 | £62,186 | £69,320 | £76,046 | £82,460 | £85,058 | £96,000 | £97,038 | £90,415 | £888,742 |
| Non-recurring revenue | £0 | £12,000 | £6,000 | £24,000 | £18,000 | £6,000 | £36,000 | £12,000 | £12,000 | £6,000 | £0 | £0 | £30,000 | £162,000 |
| Revenue | £51,578 | £65,294 | £61,011 | £82,874 | £81,040 | £68,186 | £105,320 | £88,046 | £94,460 | £91,058 | £96,000 | £97,038 | £120,415 | £1,050,742 |
| Recurring % of revenue | 100% | 81.6% | 90.2% | 71% | 77.8% | 91.2% | 65.8% | 86.4% | 87.3% | 93.4% | 100% | 100% | 75.1% | 84.6% |
| Costs by ledger category | ||||||||||||||
| Ai inference | £919 | £938 | £960 | £961 | £963 | £1,042 | £1,104 | £1,171 | £1,179 | £1,265 | £1,350 | £1,214 | £1,374 | |
| Cloud hosting | £4,502 | £4,567 | £4,654 | £4,756 | £4,753 | £5,023 | £5,253 | £5,451 | £5,562 | £5,822 | £6,121 | £5,931 | £6,167 | |
| Employer ni pension | £26,425 | £27,119 | £27,407 | £28,456 | £28,842 | £28,654 | £30,032 | £29,825 | £29,751 | £29,384 | £29,600 | £29,888 | £29,575 | |
| Events | £757 | £3,075 | £757 | £0 | £146 | £757 | £3,075 | £146 | £757 | £4,540 | £146 | £0 | £757 | |
| Insurance | £330 | £330 | £330 | £330 | £330 | £330 | £330 | £330 | £330 | £330 | £330 | £330 | £330 | |
| Marketing | £3,905 | £3,905 | £6,346 | £6,346 | £6,346 | £6,346 | £6,346 | £6,346 | £6,346 | £6,346 | £6,346 | £6,346 | £6,346 | |
| Office rent | £3,905 | £3,905 | £3,905 | £3,905 | £3,905 | £3,905 | £3,905 | £3,905 | £3,905 | £3,905 | £3,905 | £3,905 | £3,905 | |
| Payroll | £176,167 | £180,790 | £182,711 | £189,707 | £192,280 | £191,030 | £200,215 | £198,833 | £198,339 | £195,894 | £197,333 | £199,253 | £197,167 | |
| Professional fees | £750 | £750 | £750 | £4,350 | £750 | £750 | £750 | £750 | £750 | £750 | £750 | £750 | £750 | |
| Recruitment | £0 | £9,360 | £10,440 | £12,960 | £0 | £13,320 | £9,000 | £0 | £0 | £13,320 | £0 | £10,800 | £0 | |
| Software tools | £4,060 | £4,200 | £4,233 | £4,417 | £4,475 | £4,405 | £4,670 | £4,620 | £4,611 | £4,587 | £4,620 | £4,674 | £4,620 | |
| Travel | £2,340 | £2,520 | £2,742 | £2,979 | £3,054 | £2,964 | £3,327 | £3,420 | £3,420 | £3,420 | £3,420 | £3,490 | £3,420 | |
| Total cost | £224,060 | £241,459 | £245,235 | £259,167 | £245,844 | £258,526 | £268,007 | £254,797 | £254,950 | £269,563 | £253,921 | £266,581 | £254,411 | £3,072,461 |
| Cost of sales | ||||||||||||||
| Recurring cost | £41,359 | £44,497 | £47,832 | £52,196 | £52,038 | £47,657 | £52,586 | £53,006 | £53,125 | £53,470 | £53,855 | £53,528 | £53,924 | £617,714 |
| Services cost | £11,020 | £11,020 | £11,021 | £11,020 | £11,021 | £11,020 | £13,791 | £16,387 | £16,388 | £16,387 | £16,388 | £16,388 | £16,388 | £167,219 |
| Gross cost | £52,379 | £55,517 | £58,853 | £63,216 | £63,059 | £58,677 | £66,377 | £69,393 | £69,513 | £69,857 | £70,243 | £69,916 | £70,312 | £784,933 |
| Gross margin | -£801 | £9,777 | £2,158 | £19,658 | £17,981 | £9,509 | £38,943 | £18,653 | £24,947 | £21,201 | £25,757 | £27,122 | £50,103 | £265,809 |
| Gross margin % | -1.6% | 15% | 3.5% | 23.7% | 22.2% | 13.9% | 37% | 21.2% | 26.4% | 23.3% | 26.8% | 27.9% | 41.6% | 25.3% |
| Recurring margin % | 19.8% | 16.5% | 13.1% | 11.3% | 17.5% | 23.4% | 24.1% | 30.3% | 35.6% | 37.1% | 43.9% | 44.8% | 40.4% | 30.5% |
| Non-recurring margin % | 8.2% | -83.7% | 54.1% | 38.8% | -83.7% | 61.7% | -36.6% | -36.6% | -173.1% | 45.4% | -3.2% | |||
| Operating costs | ||||||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | £62,929 | £67,510 | £66,615 | £69,643 | £72,904 | £76,808 | £82,924 | £79,996 | £80,606 | £84,390 | £79,995 | £82,057 | £80,415 | £923,863 |
| Sales and marketing % of revenue | 122% | 103.4% | 109.2% | 84% | 90% | 112.6% | 78.7% | 90.9% | 85.3% | 92.7% | 83.3% | 84.6% | 66.8% | 87.9% |
| Development | £62,292 | £62,292 | £62,292 | £62,292 | £62,292 | £62,292 | £62,292 | £62,291 | £61,723 | £58,912 | £60,566 | £60,567 | £60,567 | £738,378 |
| Development % of revenue | 120.8% | 95.4% | 102.1% | 75.2% | 76.9% | 91.4% | 59.1% | 70.7% | 65.3% | 64.7% | 63.1% | 62.4% | 50.3% | 70.3% |
| General | £46,460 | £56,140 | £57,475 | £64,016 | £47,589 | £60,749 | £56,414 | £43,117 | £43,108 | £56,404 | £43,117 | £54,041 | £43,117 | £625,287 |
| General % of revenue | 90.1% | 86% | 94.2% | 77.2% | 58.7% | 89.1% | 53.6% | 49% | 45.6% | 61.9% | 44.9% | 55.7% | 35.8% | 59.5% |
| Operating costs | £171,681 | £185,942 | £186,382 | £195,951 | £182,785 | £199,849 | £201,630 | £185,404 | £185,437 | £199,706 | £183,678 | £196,665 | £184,099 | £2,287,528 |
| EBITDA | ||||||||||||||
| EBITDA | -£172,482 | -£176,165 | -£184,224 | -£176,293 | -£164,804 | -£190,340 | -£162,687 | -£166,751 | -£160,490 | -£178,505 | -£157,921 | -£169,543 | -£133,996 | -£2,021,719 |
| EBITDA % | -334.4% | -269.8% | -302% | -212.7% | -203.4% | -279.1% | -154.5% | -189.4% | -169.9% | -196% | -164.5% | -174.7% | -111.3% | -192.4% |
Headcount by function
Updated 9 Oct 26| Measure | Sep 25 | Oct 25 | Nov 25 | Dec 25 | Jan 26 | Feb 26 | Mar 26 | Apr 26 | May 26 | Jun 26 | Jul 26 | Aug 26 | Sep 26 |
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| Headcount | |||||||||||||
| Gross (cost of sales) | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Sales and marketing | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Development | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| General | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 29 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 |