Cook the Books Limited
Registered name: COOK THE BOOKS LIMITED
Cook the Books Limited made £43.7k revenue and £23.7k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Cook the Books Limited’s revenue fell 18% to £43.7k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £23.7k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “accounting and auditing activities” and is based in Leighton Buzzard; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leighton Buzzard, East of England
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £53.1k | £43.7k |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £7.9k | £11k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £45.1k | £32.7k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £14.3k | £23.7k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £14.2k | £23.7k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £14.2k | £23.7k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 26.9% | 54.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 85% | 74.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £13.3k | £10.9k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £3.6k | £5.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼17.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲66.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.8k | £2.6k | £2.3k | — |
| Net assets | £52.2k | £51.6k | £37.7k | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.1k | £1.2k | £418 | £1 |
| Current assets | £67k | £58.1k | £43.4k | £33k |
| Debtors | £5.3k | £1.6k | £2.2k | £3.4k |
| Deferred income | £462 | £522 | £601 | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Director's Report and Unaudited Financial Statements · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 54.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 74.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £10.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- 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
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼100%
- Now £1
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Sources
Latest figures from Director's Report and Unaudited Financial Statements for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £23.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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