Casper & Cole Limited
Registered name: CASPER & COLE LIMITED
Casper & Cole Limited made £8.7m revenue and a £40.7k loss in the year to 26 Feb 2023.
Casper & Cole Limited’s revenue grew 37% to £8.7m in the year to 26 Feb 2023, with a loss of £40.7k and 176 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in Brighton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Brighton, South East
- Age
- 11 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 | 27 Feb 2022 | 26 Feb 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.4m | £8.7m |
| Cost of sales | £1.5m | £2.2m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £6.5m |
| Operating profit | £741k | −£9.2k |
| Profit before tax | £739k | −£40.7k |
| Profit after tax | £739k | −£40.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £739k | −£40.7k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 93 | 176 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 11.6% | −0.5% |
| Gross margin | 76.4% | 74.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £68.6k | £49.6k |
| Profit per employee | £7.9k | −£232 |
| Cash conversion | 202% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲37% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼105.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲89.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £3.8m |
| Fixed assets | £3.6m | £4.5m |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Debtors | £697k | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | £1.5m | £36.9k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 74.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £49.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£232
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 52%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 13%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.6%
- 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
- ▼10%
- Now £3.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼19%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▲89%
- Now 176
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲26%
- Now £4.5m
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 accounts for the year to 26 Feb 2023 (profit −£40.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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