Malthouse Inns PLC
Registered name: MALTHOUSE INNS PLC
Malthouse Inns PLC made £266k revenue and a £8.5k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Malthouse Inns PLC’s revenue fell 18% to £266k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £8.5k and 2 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages” and is based in Rochdale; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rochdale, North West
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1998
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £333k | £324k | £266k |
| Cost of sales | £161k | £156k | £124k |
| Gross profit | £172k | £168k | £143k |
| Operating profit | −£83.3k | £19k | −£8.8k |
| Profit before tax | −£82.7k | £19.4k | −£8.5k |
| Profit after tax | −£82.5k | £20.1k | −£8.5k |
| Profit (best available) | −£82.5k | £20.1k | −£8.5k |
| Staff costs | £26k | £6.9k | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −24.8% | 6.2% | −3.2% |
| Gross margin | 51.8% | 51.8% | 53.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £167k | £162k | £133k |
| Profit per employee | −£41.3k | £10k | −£4.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | −53% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.8% | ▼17.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼142.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £110k | £115k | £109k |
| Net assets | −£44.3k | −£24.3k | −£32.8k |
| Fixed assets | £6.5k | £4.7k | £2k |
| Current assets | £186k | £159k | £154k |
| Debtors | £67.9k | £0 | £5.2k |
| Cash from operations | £44.7k | −£10.1k | £15.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 53.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £133k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2%
- 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 −£32.8k
- Cash at bank
- ▼5%
- Now £109k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼56%
- Now £2k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£8.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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