Create Better Distribution Limited
Registered name: CREATE BETTER DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
Part of Create Better Group Limited groupCreate Better Distribution Limited made £59.9k revenue and a £1.4m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Create Better Distribution Limited’s revenue fell 30% to £59.9k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.4m and 55 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of sugar confectionery” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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. From the filing: “Create Better Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £129k | £67.5k | £86k | £59.9k |
| Cost of sales | £47.7k | £50k | £44.8k | £1.4m |
| Gross profit | £81.5k | £17.4k | £41.2k | −£1.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £614k | −£819k |
| Profit before tax | −£127k | £93.6k | £219k | −£1.4m |
| Profit after tax | −£127k | £93.6k | £219k | −£1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£127k | £93.6k | £219k | −£1.4m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 70 | 70 | 66 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −98.5% | 138.7% | 254.5% | −2349% |
| Gross margin | 63.1% | 25.8% | 47.9% | −2277% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.8k | £964 | £1.3k | £1.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.8k | £1.3k | £3.3k | −£25.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼47.8% | ▲27.5% | ▼30.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲133.8% | ▼743.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼5.7% | ▼16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £211k | £218k | £73.8k | £57.4k |
| Net assets | £248k | £341k | £560k | −£848k |
| Fixed assets | £407k | £906k | £809k | £797k |
| Current assets | £6.6m | £7.5m | £8.6m | £9.2m |
| Debtors | −£150k | £4.8m | £40 | £13.9k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2349%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −2277%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£25.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1330%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.2%
- 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
- ▼251%
- Now −£848k
- Cash at bank
- ▼22%
- Now £57.4k
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £797k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Create Better Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Create Better Distribution Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Cake Craft Group LimitedRev. £4.6m · Profit −£441k
- The Cake Decorating Co (Retail) LimitedRev. £3.8m · Profit −£237k
- Cake Stuff Ltd.Rev. £1.3m · Profit −£108k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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