Canefield Ltd
Registered name: CANEFIELD LTD
Canefield Ltd made £23.7m revenue and £554k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2022.
Canefield Ltd’s revenue fell 5% to £23.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2022, with £554k profit and 424 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Worcester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Worcester, West Midlands
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.9m | £23.7m |
| Cost of sales | £7.5m | £8.3m |
| Gross profit | £17.4m | £15.4m |
| Operating profit | £3.2m | £700k |
| Profit before tax | £3.2m | £706k |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £554k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £554k |
| Staff costs | £5.4m | £6.3m |
| Employees (average) | 483 | 424 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 9.8% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 69.8% | 65% |
| Revenue per employee | £51.5k | £55.8k |
| Profit per employee | £5.1k | £1.3k |
| Cash conversion | −101.3% | −127.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼77.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.4m | £4.5m |
| Net assets | £4.9m | £5.3m |
| Fixed assets | £3.3m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £6.2m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.6m |
| Cash from operations | −£3.3m | −£896k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 65%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £55.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −127.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.8%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £5.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲30%
- Now £4.5m
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 424
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼44%
- Now £1.9m
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2022 (profit £554k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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