Best Before Café Community Interest Company
Registered name: BEST BEFORE CAFÉ COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
Best Before Café Community Interest Company made £31.7k revenue and £3.6k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Best Before Café Community Interest Company’s revenue fell 3% to £31.7k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £3.6k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Letchworth Garden City; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Letchworth Garden City, East of England
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24k | £28.8k | £32.9k | £31.7k |
| Cost of sales | £7.7k | £14.1k | £15.8k | £13.3k |
| Gross profit | £16.3k | £14.7k | £17.1k | £18.4k |
| Operating profit | −£3.7k | −£8.3k | −£4k | £3.7k |
| Profit before tax | −£3.7k | −£8.3k | −£4k | £3.7k |
| Profit after tax | −£3.8k | −£8.3k | −£4k | £3.6k |
| Profit (best available) | −£3.8k | −£8.3k | −£4k | £3.6k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −16% | −28.9% | −12% | 11.5% |
| Gross margin | 67.8% | 51% | 51.9% | 58% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.1% | ▲14.1% | ▼3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.7k | £2.7k | £3.2k | £6.9k |
| Net assets | £15.5k | £7.2k | £3.2k | £6.9k |
| Fixed assets | £9k | £4.5k | £0 | — |
| Current assets | £6.7k | £2.7k | £3.2k | £6.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 58%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- ▲113%
- Now £6.9k
- Cash at bank
- ▲115%
- Now £6.9k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £3.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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