Will Shakes and Company Ltd
Registered name: WILL SHAKES AND COMPANY LTD
Will Shakes and Company Ltd made £0 revenue and a £893 loss in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Will Shakes and Company Ltd’s revenue fell 100% to £0 in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with a loss of £893 and 2 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture, television and other theatrical casting activities” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £4.3k | £3.7k | £0 |
| Profit after tax | — | £446 | £574 | −£893 |
| Profit (best available) | — | £446 | £574 | −£893 |
| Staff costs | — | £2.8k | £619 | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 10.3% | 15.6% | — |
| Revenue per employee | — | £2.2k | £1.8k | £0 |
| Profit per employee | — | £223 | £287 | −£446 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼14.6% | ▼100% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲28.7% | ▼255.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £1k | £1.1k | £1k | £30 |
| Fixed assets | £47 | £35 | £35 | £0 |
| Current assets | £1k | £1.4k | £1k | £30 |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £0
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£446
- 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
- ▼97%
- Now £30
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼100%
- Now £0
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit −£893), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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