CUMBRIA RURAL ACADEMY CIC
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Executive summary
Cumbria Rural Academy CIC occupies a genuinely differentiated niche in equine-facilitated education and alternative provision, with unique national positioning through its Duke of Edinburgh Gold expedition offering. However, the organisation faces a severe financial crisis: a dramatic swing from £52K profit to £55K loss, technically insolvent with net liabilities of £69K, and a dangerously thin cash position of just £2.4K against £143K in current liabilities. The 28% surge in administrative costs against a 7% revenue decline, combined with ballooning trade creditors and tax arrears, suggests the business model is under acute structural strain that niche differentiation alone may not resolve without significant recapitalisation or operational restructuring.
Shareholders' funds
£69,286
Balance sheet as at 2023-02-28
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Incorporated
- 2009-02-26
- Employees
- 12 (2023 accounts · was 13 in 2022)
- Registered office
- Bigland, Backbarrow, Ulverston, England, LA12 8PB
- Postcode
- LA12 8PB
- Accounts category
- Micro
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-02-28
- Next due by
- 2026-11-30
- Financial year end
- 28 February
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-26
- Next due by
- 2027-03-12
Nature of business (SIC)
- 85510 Sports and recreation education
- 85590 Other education not elsewhere classified
Officers 3 current · 11 resigned
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| CUMBRIA RURAL ACADEMY | 2022-05-06 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 213 ABBEY ROAD, BARROW-IN-FURNESS, CUMBRIA, LA14 5JY | 2018-09-05 |
| FLAT 4 BRYERS FOLD, FAR SAWREY, AMBLESIDE, LA22 0LL | 2010-10-13 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 53 similar companies in LA
The largest employer among its local peers (12 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 2009.
No.1 of the largest sports and recreation education companies in Lancaster →
Competitors Lancaster
This company ranks 1 among sports and recreation education in Lancaster.
The class of 2009
21%
of the 315,096 companies incorporated in 2009 are still active today; 77% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.