Brendon Books CIC
Registered name: BRENDON BOOKS CIC
Brendon Books CIC made £166k revenue and a £339 loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Brendon Books CIC’s revenue fell 4% to £166k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £339 and 3 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of books in specialised stores” and is based in Taunton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Taunton, South West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £172k | £174k | £166k |
| Cost of sales | £93.5k | £101k | £96.2k |
| Gross profit | £78.4k | £72.5k | £70.3k |
| Operating profit | −£3.7k | −£218 | £263 |
| Profit before tax | −£4.5k | −£1.4k | −£339 |
| Profit after tax | −£4.5k | −£1.4k | −£339 |
| Profit (best available) | −£4.5k | −£1.4k | −£339 |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −2.6% | −0.8% | −0.2% |
| Gross margin | 45.6% | 41.7% | 42.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £57.3k | £58k | £55.5k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.5k | −£477 | −£113 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.1% | ▼4.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £2.1k | £2.1k |
| Net assets | £51.9k | £13.2k | £52.4k |
| Fixed assets | £1.2k | £865 | £648 |
| Current assets | £72.5k | £55.3k | £64.4k |
| Debtors | £31.4k | £12.5k | £23.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £55.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£113
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.1%
- 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
- ▲297%
- Now £52.4k
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £2.1k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £648
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£339), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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