Teatime Tasties Limited
Registered name: TEATIME TASTIES LIMITED
Part of Kite UK Topco Limited groupTeatime Tasties Limited made £16.4m revenue and £258k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2024.
Teatime Tasties Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £16.4m in the year to 31 Oct 2024, with £258k profit and 77 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of sugar and chocolate and sugar confectionery” and is based in North Shields; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- North Shields
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.8m | £17.4m | £16.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£9.9m | −£11.6m | −£11m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £5.7m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £839k | £1.1m | £463k |
| Profit before tax | £773k | £1m | £343k |
| Profit after tax | £633k | £800k | £258k |
| Profit (best available) | £633k | £800k | £258k |
| Employees (average) | 75 | 75 | 77 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.3% | 4.6% | 1.6% |
| Gross margin | 33.2% | 33.1% | 33% |
| Revenue per employee | £198k | £232k | £213k |
| Profit per employee | £8.4k | £10.7k | £3.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.2% | ▼5.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲26.2% | ▼67.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £213k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.4k
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now 77
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Kite UK Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Kite UK Midco Limited75–100%
- Kite UK Bidco Limited75–100%
- Kitwave Group Limited75–100%
- Kitwave Investments Limited75–100%
- Kitwave One Limited75–100%
- Kitwave Limited75–100%
- F.W. Bishop & Son Limited75–100%
- Teatime Tasties Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Oct 2024 (profit £258k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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