Ickle Bubba Limited
Registered name: ICKLE BUBBA LIMITED
Ickle Bubba Limited made £16.3m revenue and £43.4k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Ickle Bubba Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £16.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £43.4k profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other transport equipment” and is based in Swansea; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Swansea, Wales
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.4m | £16.6m | £16.3m |
| Cost of sales | £10.7m | £11.2m | £11.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.7m | £5.4m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | −£236k | £1.3m | £487k |
| Profit before tax | −£647k | £794k | £92.5k |
| Profit after tax | −£646k | £1.1m | £43.4k |
| Profit (best available) | −£646k | £1.1m | £43.4k |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 44 | 42 | 43 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −4.2% | 6.4% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 30.5% | 32.7% | 31% |
| Revenue per employee | £349k | £395k | £379k |
| Profit per employee | −£14.7k | £25.4k | £1k |
| Cash conversion | — | −78.3% | −121.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8% | ▼1.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼95.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.5% | ▲2.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £341k | £463k | £379k |
| Net assets | −£85.1k | £983k | £1.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £5m | £5.1m | £5.5m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £118k | £669k | £241k |
| Cash from operations | −£846k | −£1m | −£589k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £379k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −121.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.7%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼18%
- Now £379k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- ▼64%
- Now £241k
- Fixed assets
- ▲13%
- Now £1.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Babyhoot LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £43.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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