Fuel Community Café CIC
Registered name: FUEL COMMUNITY CAFÉ CIC
Fuel Community Café CIC made £99.1k revenue and £3.8k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Fuel Community Café CIC’s revenue grew 33% to £99.1k in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £3.8k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in ST. Helens; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Helens, North West
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 28 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £51.6k | £84.3k | £74.7k | £99.1k |
| Cost of sales | £17k | £29.7k | £31.6k | £41k |
| Gross profit | £34.6k | £54.6k | £43.1k | £58.2k |
| Operating profit | −£8.5k | −£12.6k | £9.1k | £3.8k |
| Profit before tax | −£8.5k | −£12.6k | £8.8k | £3.8k |
| Profit after tax | −£9k | −£12.5k | £9.7k | £3.8k |
| Profit (best available) | −£9k | −£12.5k | £9.7k | £3.8k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −17.5% | −14.8% | 13% | 3.9% |
| Gross margin | 67.1% | 64.7% | 57.7% | 58.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £12.9k | £21.1k | £18.7k | £24.8k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.3k | −£3.1k | £2.4k | £962 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲63.4% | ▼11.4% | ▲32.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼60.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £9.4k | £16.5k | £14.3k | £5k |
| Net assets | −£2.3k | −£14.8k | −£5.1k | −£1.2k |
| Fixed assets | £4.9k | £3.4k | £2.9k | £3.3k |
| Current assets | £13.4k | £17.7k | £15k | £5.3k |
| Debtors | £4k | £1.2k | £650 | £356 |
| Deferred income | — | £18.9k | £14.3k | £2.4k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 58.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £24.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £962
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- —
- Now −£1.2k
- Cash at bank
- ▼65%
- Now £5k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- ▼83%
- Now £2.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▲14%
- Now £3.3k
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 28 Feb 2025 (profit £3.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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