Elizabeth XI Bauer PLC
Registered name: ELIZABETH XI BAUER PLC
Elizabeth XI Bauer PLC made £5.1m revenue and a £374k loss in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Elizabeth XI Bauer PLC’s revenue fell 26% to £5.1m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with a loss of £374k and 22 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in commercial art galleries” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Public 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.7m | £5m | £6.8m | £5.1m |
| Cost of sales | £326k | £2.8m | £4m | £2.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.4m | £2.2m | £2.8m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | £22.9k | £112k | £269k | −£395k |
| Profit before tax | £22.6k | £112k | £268k | −£400k |
| Profit after tax | £16.9k | £83.4k | £192k | −£374k |
| Profit (best available) | £16.9k | £83.4k | £192k | −£374k |
| Staff costs | — | £809k | £965k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 14 | 18 | 22 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1% | 1.7% | 2.8% | −7.4% |
| Gross margin | 81.2% | 43.4% | 40.8% | 44.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £248k | £359k | £378k | £231k |
| Profit per employee | £2.4k | £6k | £10.6k | −£17k |
| Cash conversion | — | −147.8% | −104.6% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲189.3% | ▲35.6% | ▼25.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲393.1% | ▲129.7% | ▼295.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲100% | ▲28.6% | ▲22.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £352k | £386k | £400k | £300k |
| Net assets | £41.4k | £54.8k | −£23.5k | −£398k |
| Fixed assets | £6.8k | £14.3k | £160k | £233k |
| Current assets | £650k | £824k | £855k | £769k |
| Debtors | £34.8k | £36k | £44.9k | £26.7k |
| Deferred income | — | £81.5k | £0 | £20k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£165k | −£281k | −£160k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £231k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£17k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- —
- Now −£398k
- Cash at bank
- ▼25%
- Now £300k
- Headcount
- ▲22%
- Now 22
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £20k
- Fixed assets
- ▲46%
- Now £233k
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 Jul 2025 (profit −£374k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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