The Puddle Project CIC
Registered name: THE PUDDLE PROJECT CIC
The Puddle Project CIC made £81k revenue and £0 profit in the year to 31 Oct 2024.
The Puddle Project CIC’s revenue grew 319% to £81k in the year to 31 Oct 2024, with £0 profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Warrington; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Warrington, North West
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.6k | £19.3k | £81k |
| Cost of sales | £8.9k | £3.4k | £59.1k |
| Gross profit | £4.7k | £16k | £21.9k |
| Operating profit | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Profit before tax | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Profit after tax | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 34.5% | 82.6% | 27% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £13.5k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £0 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲42.7% | ▲318.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.3k | £1.4k | £20.2k |
| Net assets | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Fixed assets | — | £0 | £5.5k |
| Current assets | £2.3k | £1.4k | £20.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £13.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £0
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.8%
- 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
- ▲1346%
- Now £20.2k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £5.5k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2024 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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