Cheapest Business Solutions Ltd
Registered name: CHEAPEST BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LTD
Cheapest Business Solutions Ltd made £3.6m revenue and £190k profit in the year to 30 Mar 2025.
Cheapest Business Solutions Ltd’s revenue fell 28% to £3.6m in the year to 30 Mar 2025, with £190k profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of meat and meat products” and is based in Manchester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 6 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 2024 | 30 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5m | £3.6m |
| Cost of sales | £4.2m | £3m |
| Gross profit | £813k | £630k |
| Operating profit | £529k | £246k |
| Profit before tax | £528k | £233k |
| Profit after tax | £405k | £190k |
| Profit (best available) | £405k | £190k |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 8% | 5.2% |
| Gross margin | 16.1% | 17.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £315k | £405k |
| Profit per employee | £25.3k | £21.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼27.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼53% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼43.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £13.4k | £7.5k |
| Net assets | £481k | £558k |
| Fixed assets | £203k | £470k |
| Current assets | £606k | £856k |
| Debtors | £267k | £373k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £405k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.2%
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £558k
- Cash at bank
- ▼44%
- Now £7.5k
- Headcount
- ▼44%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲132%
- Now £470k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Mar 2025 (profit £190k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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