Stein's Trading Limited
Registered name: STEIN'S TRADING LIMITED
Stein's Trading Limited made £11.5m revenue and a £252k loss in the year to 29 Dec 2024.
Stein's Trading Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £11.5m in the year to 29 Dec 2024, with a loss of £252k and 217 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in Cornwall; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cornwall, South West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 | 1 Jan 2023 | 31 Dec 2023 | 29 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.6m | £11.9m | £11.5m |
| Cost of sales | £3.9m | £3.5m | £3.2m |
| Gross profit | £8.7m | £8.4m | £8.3m |
| Operating profit | −£1m | £63k | −£216k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.2m | −£163k | −£290k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.1m | −£163k | −£252k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.1m | −£163k | −£252k |
| Staff costs | £5.2m | £4.5m | £4.3m |
| Employees (average) | 278 | 252 | 217 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −8.5% | −1.4% | −2.2% |
| Gross margin | 69.1% | 70.9% | 72.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £45.2k | £47.2k | £53k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.8k | −£647 | −£1.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | 7298% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.5% | ▼3.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.3% | ▼13.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £243k | £453k |
| Net assets | −£1.2m | −£1.3m | −£1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £3.4m | £3m | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £705k | £840k |
| Debtors | £212k | £44k | £41k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.9m | £4.6m | £829k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 72.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £53k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- —
- Now −£1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲86%
- Now £453k
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 217
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £2.5m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 29 Dec 2024 (profit −£252k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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