Notes : Music & Coffee Ltd
Registered name: NOTES : MUSIC & COFFEE LTD
Part of CD&R and WSH Jvco (UK) Limited groupNotes : Music & Coffee Ltd made £10.1m revenue and a £726k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Notes : Music & Coffee Ltd’s revenue grew 15% to £10.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £726k. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in Reading; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 25 Dec 2023 | 25 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.1m | £8.8m | £8.8m | £10.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£6.8m | −£8.3m | −£8.3m | −£9.6m |
| Gross profit | £231k | £469k | £469k | £536k |
| Operating profit | −£541k | −£375k | −£375k | −£433k |
| Profit before tax | −£723k | −£657k | −£657k | −£753k |
| Profit after tax | −£505k | −£422k | −£422k | −£726k |
| Profit (best available) | −£505k | −£422k | −£422k | −£726k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −7.1% | −4.8% | −4.8% | −7.2% |
| Gross margin | 3.3% | 5.3% | 5.3% | 5.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.5% | — | ▲15% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- CD&R and WSH Jvco (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- CD&R and WSH Limited75–100%
- WSH Services Holding Limited75–100%
- Westbury Street Holdings Limited75–100%
- WSH International Investments Limited75–100%
- WSH UK & Ireland Limited50–75%
- WSH Retail Limited75–100%
- Notes : Music & Coffee Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Flat Cap Coffee Co LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£726k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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