Patty & Bun Ltd
Registered name: PATTY & BUN LTD
Part of Patty Nominees Ltd groupPatty & Bun Ltd made £10.5m revenue and a £2.2m loss in the year to 27 Nov 2022.
Patty & Bun Ltd’s revenue grew 28% to £10.5m in the year to 27 Nov 2022, with a loss of £2.2m and 204 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Borehamwood; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Borehamwood, East of England
- Age
- 14 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 parent company Patty & Bun Holdings Ltd and its registered office is 101 New Cavendish Street, 1st Floor South, London, W1W 6XH. The smallest and largest group undertaking in which the company's r”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Nov 2021 | 27 Nov 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.2m | £10.5m |
| Cost of sales | £2.8m | £5.2m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | −£52.8k | −£2m |
| Profit before tax | −£53.3k | −£2.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£56.8k | −£2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£56.8k | −£2.2m |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £4.7m |
| Employees (average) | — | 204 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.7% | −20.6% |
| Gross margin | 65.8% | 49.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £51.4k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£10.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲28.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £404k | £147k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | −£484k |
| Fixed assets | £2.7m | £2.9m |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Debtors | £204k | £303k |
| Deferred income | £298k | £803k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −20.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 49.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £51.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£10.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 27.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- 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
- ▼129%
- Now −£484k
- Cash at bank
- ▼64%
- Now £147k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 204
- Deferred income
- ▲170%
- Now £803k
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £2.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Patty Nominees Ltdultimate parent50–75%
- Patty & Bun Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Patty & Bun Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- JG1 LimitedLiquidationFigures 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 27 Nov 2022 (profit −£2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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