The Cake Crew Limited
Registered name: THE CAKE CREW LIMITED
Part of Schocroft Cove Ltd groupThe Cake Crew Limited made £28.4m revenue and a £315k loss in the year to 30 Jan 2025. read from filing text
The Cake Crew Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £28.4m in the year to 30 Jan 2025, with a loss of £315k and 251 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of rusks and biscuits; manufacture of preserved pastry goods and cakes” and is based in Bala; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bala, Wales
- 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: “The Cake Crew Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Schocroft Cove Limited, a company registered in England & Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jan 2022 | 30 Jan 2023 | 30 Jan 2024 | 30 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.7m | £25.5m | £27.8m | £28.4m |
| Cost of sales | £19.8m | £24.3m | £24.7m | £24.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £1.2m | £3.2m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | £168k | −£1.5m | £98.9k | £735k |
| Profit before tax | −£164k | −£2.1m | −£674k | −£129k |
| Profit after tax | −£257k | −£2m | −£509k | −£315k |
| Profit (best available) | −£257k | −£2m | −£509k | −£315k |
| Staff costs | £7.9m | £8.2m | £8m | £9.2m |
| Employees (average) | 304 | 281 | 256 | 251 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1.2% | −8% | −1.8% | −1.1% |
| Gross margin | 8.8% | 4.9% | 11.3% | 12.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £71.5k | £90.9k | £109k | £113k |
| Profit per employee | −£847 | −£7.3k | −£2k | −£1.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.5% | ▲9% | ▲1.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.6% | ▼8.9% | ▼1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £39.4k | £31.2k | £13.8k | £68k |
| Net assets | −£147k | −£2.2m | −£2.7m | −£3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.9m | £2.7m | £2.6m | £2.9m |
| Current assets | £6m | £6.1m | £7m | £6.6m |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £3.8m | £4.6m | £4.2m |
| Deferred income | £27.7k | £17.6k | £7.6k | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £113k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.7%
- 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 −£3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲393%
- Now £68k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 251
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £2.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Schocroft Cove Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- The Cake Crew Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jan 2025 (profit −£315k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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