Creams Franchising Ltd
Registered name: CREAMS FRANCHISING LTD
Part of Creams Cafe Ltd groupCreams Franchising Ltd made £5.4m revenue and a £834k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Creams Franchising Ltd’s revenue fell 32% to £5.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £834k and 46 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 ultimate parent undertaking is Pistachio Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in Jersey which”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.8m | £5.4m |
| Cost of sales | £1.9m | £694k |
| Gross profit | £6m | £4.7m |
| Operating profit | −£643k | −£980k |
| Profit before tax | −£742k | −£1.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£775k | −£834k |
| Profit (best available) | −£775k | −£834k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 101 | 46 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −9.9% | −15.6% |
| Gross margin | 76% | 87% |
| Revenue per employee | £77.5k | £116k |
| Profit per employee | −£7.7k | −£18.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼31.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼54.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £232k | £309k |
| Net assets | £3m | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | £494k | £374k |
| Current assets | £6.4m | £5.2m |
| Debtors | £656k | £480k |
| Deferred income | £499k | £285k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −15.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 87%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £116k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£18.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- ▼27%
- Now £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲33%
- Now £309k
- Headcount
- ▼54%
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- ▼43%
- Now £285k
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £374k
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
- Creams Cafe Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Creams Franchising Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Creams Property LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (4)
- Allegro Foodservice LtdFigures not disclosed
- Creams Overseas LtdFigures not disclosed
- One Saracen LtdFigures not disclosed
- Zoomex LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£834k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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