Quick Sand Creations Limited
Registered name: QUICK SAND CREATIONS LIMITED
Quick Sand Creations Limited made £21m revenue and £241k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Quick Sand Creations Limited’s revenue grew 156% to £21m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £241k profit and 454 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 5 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.2m | £21m |
| Cost of sales | £2.9m | £7.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.3m | £13.9m |
| Operating profit | £251k | £323k |
| Profit before tax | £184k | £241k |
| Profit after tax | £184k | £241k |
| Profit (best available) | £184k | £241k |
| Employees (average) | 505 | 454 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 64.5% | 66.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £16.2k | £46.3k |
| Profit per employee | £364 | £532 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲156.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲31.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £89.6k | £211k |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Debtors | £47.5k | £86.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 66.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £46.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £532
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▲135%
- Now £211k
- Cash at bank
- ▲2%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 454
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲40%
- Now £2.5m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £241k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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