The Beans Group Limited
Registered name: THE BEANS GROUP LIMITED
The Beans Group Limited made £2.5m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
The Beans Group Limited reported £2.5m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025, down 4% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 227 employees. The company is classified under “advertising agencies” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | −£1m | £2.5m | £2.6m | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1m | £2.5m | £2.6m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 230 | 233 | 245 | 227 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | −£4.5k | £10.8k | £10.5k | £10.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲2.5% | ▼4.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.3% | ▲5.1% | ▼7.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £815k | £3.8m | £886k | £830k |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £4.6m | £6.8m | £6.8m |
| Fixed assets | £314k | £236k | £166k | £112k |
| Current assets | £8.1m | £10.2m | £14.4m | £16.2m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £3.4m | £3.7m | £4.1m |
| Deferred income | £2.4m | £4.2m | £4.8m | £4.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.9k
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £6.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £830k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 227
- Deferred income
- ▼8%
- Now £4.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼33%
- Now £112k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Graduatebeans LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Studentbeans LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- 8848 Holdings Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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