Cafe Poem Ltd
Registered name: CAFE POEM LTD
Cafe Poem Ltd made £74.2k revenue and £2.2k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Cafe Poem Ltd’s revenue fell 9% to £74.2k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.2k profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Hove; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hove, South East
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £81.9k | £74.2k |
| Cost of sales | — | £16.1k | £11.2k |
| Gross profit | — | £65.7k | £63k |
| Operating profit | — | £14.5k | £2.7k |
| Profit before tax | — | £14.5k | £2.7k |
| Profit after tax | — | £11.7k | £2.2k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £11.7k | £2.2k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 14.3% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 80.3% | 84.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £40.9k | £37.1k |
| Profit per employee | — | £5.9k | £1.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼9.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼81.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £744 | £799 | £474 |
| Net assets | −£2.8k | −£2.1k | £68 |
| Fixed assets | £20.4k | £20.4k | £16.9k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 84.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £37.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.7%
- 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 £68
- Cash at bank
- ▼41%
- Now £474
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £16.9k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £2.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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