Wymondham Community Bookshop C.I.C.
Registered name: WYMONDHAM COMMUNITY BOOKSHOP C.I.C.
Wymondham Community Bookshop C.I.C. made £100k revenue and a £14.6k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2023.
Wymondham Community Bookshop C.I.C.’s revenue fell 16% to £100k in the year to 31 Mar 2023, with a loss of £14.6k and 2 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of books in specialised stores” and is based in Wymondham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wymondham, East of England
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2013
- Type
- Community Interest 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 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £119k | £100k |
| Cost of sales | £61.8k | £55.7k |
| Gross profit | £57.2k | £44.2k |
| Operating profit | −£1.2k | −£17.8k |
| Profit before tax | £2k | −£14.9k |
| Profit after tax | £1.6k | −£14.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6k | −£14.6k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | −14.6% |
| Gross margin | 48% | 44.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £59.5k | £50k |
| Profit per employee | £822 | −£7.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼989.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £20.7k | £63.7k |
| Net assets | £33.1k | £18.5k |
| Fixed assets | £684 | £1k |
| Current assets | £45.4k | £79.6k |
| Debtors | £4k | £458 |
| Deferred income | £964 | £1.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −14.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £50k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£7.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- 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
- ▼44%
- Now £18.5k
- Cash at bank
- ▲207%
- Now £63.7k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▲92%
- Now £1.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▲50%
- Now £1k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2023 (profit −£14.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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