Upper Wharfedale Bus C.I.C.
Registered name: UPPER WHARFEDALE BUS C.I.C.
Upper Wharfedale Bus C.I.C. made £62.1k revenue and £3.1k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Upper Wharfedale Bus C.I.C.’s revenue grew 7% to £62.1k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.1k profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “other passenger land transport” and is based in NR Skipton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- NR Skipton, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2015
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £54.9k | £57.9k | £62.1k |
| Cost of sales | £41.2k | £39.3k | £41.6k |
| Gross profit | £13.7k | £18.6k | £20.5k |
| Operating profit | £155 | −£7.9k | £2.9k |
| Profit before tax | £155 | −£7.8k | £3.1k |
| Profit after tax | £126 | −£7.8k | £3.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £126 | −£7.8k | £3.1k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | −13.6% | 5% |
| Gross margin | 25% | 32.1% | 33% |
| Revenue per employee | £11k | £8.3k | £6.9k |
| Profit per employee | £25 | −£1.1k | £346 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.4% | ▲7.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼6329% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲40% | ▲28.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £30.4k | £31.7k | £30.2k |
| Net assets | £37.8k | £29.9k | £33k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £0 | — |
| Current assets | £31.8k | £33k | £31k |
| Debtors | £1.4k | £1.2k | £837 |
| Deferred income | £3.9k | £10.8k | £19 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £6.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £346
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £33k
- Cash at bank
- ▼5%
- Now £30.2k
- Headcount
- ▲29%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £19
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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 Dec 2025 (profit £3.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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