Punch Bowl Community Inn CIC
Registered name: PUNCH BOWL COMMUNITY INN CIC
Punch Bowl Community Inn CIC made £254k revenue and £3.2k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Punch Bowl Community Inn CIC’s revenue fell 1% to £254k in the year to 31 May 2025, with £3.2k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “public houses and bars” and is based in Stowmarket; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stowmarket, East of England
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Community Interest Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £257k | £254k |
| Cost of sales | £128k | £118k |
| Gross profit | £129k | £136k |
| Operating profit | −£10.8k | £3.5k |
| Profit before tax | −£11.8k | £3.2k |
| Profit after tax | −£11.8k | £3.2k |
| Profit (best available) | −£11.8k | £3.2k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −4.6% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 50.3% | 53.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £25.7k | £25.4k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.2k | £321 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £10.5k | £12.1k |
| Net assets | £8.4k | £11k |
| Fixed assets | £2.2k | £2.2k |
| Current assets | £18.3k | £19.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 53.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £25.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £321
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- 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
- ▲31%
- Now £11k
- Cash at bank
- ▲15%
- Now £12.1k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £2.2k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £3.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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