Aspire Cuisine Ltd
Registered name: ASPIRE CUISINE LTD
Aspire Cuisine Ltd made £470k revenue and £4.1k profit in the year to 29 Sep 2023.
Aspire Cuisine Ltd’s revenue grew 13% to £470k in the year to 29 Sep 2023, with £4.1k profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “take-away food shops and mobile food stands” and is based in Leighton Buzzard; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active - Proposal to Strike off
- Location
- Leighton Buzzard, East of England
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2021 | 29 Sep 2022 | 29 Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £415k | £470k |
| Cost of sales | — | £140k | £170k |
| Gross profit | — | £275k | £300k |
| Operating profit | — | £9.5k | £5.1k |
| Profit before tax | — | £9.5k | £5.1k |
| Profit after tax | — | £7.7k | £4.1k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £7.7k | £4.1k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 1.9% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 66.2% | 63.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £41.5k | £58.7k |
| Profit per employee | — | £772 | £512 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲13.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼47% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | £0 | £15.2k |
| Net assets | £34.6k | £42.3k | £62k |
| Fixed assets | £13.2k | £59k | £65.9k |
| Current assets | £24.5k | £6.8k | £22.4k |
| Debtors | — | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 63.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £58.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £512
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲47%
- Now £62k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £15.2k
- Headcount
- ▼20%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £65.9k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 29 Sep 2023 (profit £4.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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