MHBC Ltd
Registered name: MHBC LTD
MHBC Ltd made £35.7k revenue and a £70.5k loss in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
MHBC Ltd’s revenue fell 52% to £35.7k in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with a loss of £70.5k and 9 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in Whitley Bay; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active - Proposal to Strike off
- Location
- Whitley Bay, North East
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 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) | — | £81.2k | £74k | £35.7k |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £418 | £42.6k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £54.7k | −£6.9k |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£5.1k | −£70.5k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£5.1k | −£70.5k |
| Profit after tax | — | −£37.9k | −£17.3k | −£70.5k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£37.9k | −£17.3k | −£70.5k |
| Staff costs | — | £29k | £29.4k | — |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 22 | 8 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −46.7% | −23.4% | −197.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 74% | −19.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £3.7k | £9.2k | £4k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£1.7k | −£2.2k | −£7.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼8.9% | ▼51.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12% | ▼63.6% | ▲12.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5k | £239 | £1.8k | £37.4k |
| Net assets | −£128k | −£176k | −£167k | −£228k |
| Fixed assets | £122k | £107k | £122k | £57.3k |
| Current assets | £9.7k | £6.9k | £29.5k | £40.2k |
| Debtors | £1.9k | £3.8k | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −197.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −19.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£7.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 160.6%
- 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 −£228k
- Cash at bank
- ▲1987%
- Now £37.4k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼53%
- Now £57.3k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit −£70.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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