Wells Cathedral Enterprises Limited
Registered name: WELLS CATHEDRAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED
Wells Cathedral Enterprises Limited made £3.8k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
Wells Cathedral Enterprises Limited reported £3.8k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024, down 87% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 36 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of books in specialised stores” and is based in Wells; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wells, South West
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1983
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £45k | £28.5k | £3.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £45k | £28.5k | £3.8k |
| Staff costs | £259k | £332k | £352k |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 29 | 36 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £2.4k | £981 | £104 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Profit growth | — | ▼36.7% | ▼86.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲52.6% | ▲24.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £132k | £114k | £81.9k |
| Net assets | £66.4k | £62.7k | £64k |
| Fixed assets | £10.7k | £6.6k | £7.6k |
| Current assets | £190k | £168k | £143k |
| Debtors | £6.8k | £2.3k | £3.2k |
| Deferred income | £14.1k | £11.2k | £19.7k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £104
- 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
- —
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £64k
- Cash at bank
- ▼28%
- Now £81.9k
- Headcount
- ▲24%
- Now 36
- Deferred income
- ▲76%
- Now £19.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▲16%
- Now £7.6k
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 Dec 2024 (profit £3.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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