Cheerful Links (Manchester) Limited
Registered name: CHEERFUL LINKS (MANCHESTER) LIMITED
Part of Win Tai Printing (UK) Ltd groupCheerful Links (Manchester) Limited made £67.6k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Cheerful Links (Manchester) Limited reported £67.6k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025, down 63% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 32 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating” and is based in Stoke on Trent; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2017
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The parent company is Win Tai Printing (UK) Limited, a company incorporated in”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £126k | £206k | £184k | £67.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £126k | £206k | £184k | £67.6k |
| Employees (average) | 21 | 21 | 25 | 32 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £6k | £9.8k | £7.4k | £2.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▲63.6% | ▼10.7% | ▼63.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲19.1% | ▲28% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £54.7k | £506k | £279k | £74.4k |
| Net assets | £161k | £268k | £345k | £294k |
| Fixed assets | £42.1k | £70.8k | £98.5k | £94.5k |
| Current assets | £963k | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Debtors | £211k | £212k | £289k | £323k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.1k
- 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
- —
- 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
- ▼15%
- Now £294k
- Cash at bank
- ▼73%
- Now £74.4k
- Headcount
- ▲28%
- Now 32
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £94.5k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Win Tai Printing (UK) Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Cheerful Links Ltd50–75%
- Cheerful Links (Manchester) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £67.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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