Beyond the Bean Limited
Registered name: BEYOND THE BEAN LIMITED
Beyond the Bean Limited made £17.3m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Beyond the Bean Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £17.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.7m profit and 64 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Bristol; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15m | £16.1m | £17.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£8.7m | −£9.6m | −£10m |
| Gross profit | £6.3m | £6.5m | £7.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £1.3m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £1.4m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £975k | £1m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £975k | £1m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 56 | 58 | 64 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.5% | 6.5% | 9.7% |
| Gross margin | 41.9% | 40.3% | 41.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £267k | £277k | £270k |
| Profit per employee | £17.4k | £18k | £26.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.3% | ▲7.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲7.2% | ▲60.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.6% | ▲10.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £270k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.2k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 64
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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