Cafe at the House Limited
Registered name: CAFE AT THE HOUSE LIMITED
Cafe at the House Limited made £87.5k revenue and £6.1k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
Cafe at the House Limited’s revenue was £87.5k in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £6.1k profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in South Shields; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active - Proposal to Strike off
- Location
- South Shields, North East
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £87.5k |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £89.2k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.7k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £6.1k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £6.1k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £6.1k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £6.1k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | 7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 1.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £17.5k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £1.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Headcount growth | — | ▼25% | ▲66.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | — | £732 |
| Net assets | −£24.7k | −£38.8k | £44.9k |
| Fixed assets | £3.9k | £3.1k | £2.5k |
| Current assets | £697 | £375 | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 1.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £17.5k
- 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
- 2.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 £44.9k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £732
- Headcount
- ▲67%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼20%
- Now £2.5k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit £6.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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