Food for Thought Pantry CIC
Registered name: FOOD FOR THOUGHT PANTRY CIC
Food for Thought Pantry CIC made £48.2k revenue and £706 profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Food for Thought Pantry CIC’s revenue grew 20% to £48.2k in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £706 profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in South Shields; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- South Shields, North East
- Age
- 6 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 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £53k | £40.3k | £48.2k |
| Cost of sales | £33.1k | £28.5k | £37.2k |
| Gross profit | £20k | £11.8k | £11k |
| Operating profit | £957 | −£1.2k | £976 |
| Profit before tax | £957 | −£1.2k | £976 |
| Profit after tax | £957 | −£1.2k | £706 |
| Profit (best available) | £957 | −£1.2k | £706 |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | −2.9% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 37.6% | 29.2% | 22.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £48.2k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £706 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼23.9% | ▲19.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼222.7% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.6k | £1.4k | — |
| Net assets | −£2.5k | −£1.2k | £0 |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £0 | — |
| Current assets | £1.6k | £1.4k | — |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | — |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £48.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £706
- 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
- —
- Now £0
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £706), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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