Croydon & District Masonic Hall P L C
Registered name: CROYDON & DISTRICT MASONIC HALL P L C
Croydon & District Masonic Hall P L C made £480k revenue and a £34.4k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Croydon & District Masonic Hall P L C’s revenue fell 1% to £480k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £34.4k and 36 employees. The company is classified under “event catering activities”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 78 yrs · since 1948
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £518k | £495k | £487k | £480k |
| Cost of sales | £167k | £163k | £171k | £149k |
| Gross profit | £351k | £332k | £316k | £331k |
| Operating profit | £4.4k | −£32.6k | −£51.3k | −£46.6k |
| Profit before tax | £4.3k | −£31.9k | −£49.3k | −£44.7k |
| Profit after tax | −£71 | −£22.2k | −£34.4k | −£34.4k |
| Profit (best available) | −£71 | −£22.2k | −£34.4k | −£34.4k |
| Staff costs | £351k | £343k | £356k | £339k |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 53 | 43 | 36 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0% | −4.5% | −7.1% | −7.2% |
| Gross margin | 67.7% | 67.1% | 64.9% | 68.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £15.2k | £9.3k | £11.3k | £13.3k |
| Profit per employee | −£2 | −£419 | −£799 | −£956 |
| Cash conversion | −311.5% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.5% | ▼1.6% | ▼1.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲55.9% | ▼18.9% | ▼16.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £183k | £166k | £139k | £112k |
| Net assets | £593k | £571k | £536k | £502k |
| Fixed assets | £395k | £390k | £375k | £362k |
| Current assets | £230k | £207k | £203k | £190k |
| Debtors | £25.9k | £9k | £20.7k | £22k |
| Deferred income | £11.5k | £7.5k | £16.8k | £20.2k |
| Cash from operations | −£13.7k | £17.8k | £29k | £28.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 68.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £13.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£956
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 75.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- 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 £502k
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £112k
- Headcount
- ▼16%
- Now 36
- Deferred income
- ▲20%
- Now £20.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £362k
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 Aug 2025 (profit −£34.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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