The Hours Cafe Ltd
Registered name: THE HOURS CAFE LTD
The Hours Cafe Ltd made £127k revenue and a £54.5k loss in the year to 30 Nov 2024.
The Hours Cafe Ltd’s revenue fell 6% to £127k in the year to 30 Nov 2024, with a loss of £54.5k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Abercynon; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Abercynon, Wales
- Age
- 13 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 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £117k | £135k | £127k |
| Cost of sales | £30.2k | £40.1k | £80.1k |
| Gross profit | £87.2k | £94.8k | £46.8k |
| Operating profit | £4.6k | £2.8k | −£53.9k |
| Profit before tax | £3.1k | £442 | −£54.5k |
| Profit after tax | £3.1k | £442 | −£54.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.1k | £442 | −£54.5k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 0.3% | −43% |
| Gross margin | 74.3% | 70.3% | 36.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £39.1k | £45k | — |
| Profit per employee | £1k | £147 | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.9% | ▼5.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼85.7% | ▼12439% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £31.7k | £191 | £0 |
| Net assets | £6.1k | £6.5k | −£48k |
| Fixed assets | £7.6k | £7.6k | £5.6k |
| Current assets | £32.2k | £716 | £525 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −43%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼840%
- Now −£48k
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼27%
- Now £5.6k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2024 (profit −£54.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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