Gumbo Catering Limited
Registered name: GUMBO CATERING LIMITED
Gumbo Catering Limited made £866k revenue and a £51.3k loss in the year to 29 Sep 2024.
Gumbo Catering Limited’s revenue was £866k in the year to 29 Sep 2024, with a loss of £51.3k and 18 employees. The company is classified under “event catering activities” and is based in Barrow in Furness; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barrow in Furness, North West
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 29 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £93.9k | £866k |
| Cost of sales | — | £48.7k | £871k |
| Gross profit | — | £45.2k | −£5.2k |
| Operating profit | — | −£51.6k | −£5.2k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£51.6k | −£5.2k |
| Profit after tax | — | −£73.1k | −£51.3k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£73.1k | −£51.3k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −77.9% | −5.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 48.2% | −0.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £15.7k | £48.1k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£12.2k | −£2.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.3k | −£1.1k | £10.9k |
| Net assets | £4.2k | −£47.4k | −£32.6k |
| Fixed assets | £2.1k | £1.6k | £2.5k |
| Current assets | £27.5k | £1.6k | £10.9k |
| Debtors | £24k | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | — | £0 | £0 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −0.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £48.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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 −£32.6k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £10.9k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 18
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £2.5k
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 29 Sep 2024 (profit −£51.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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