Create Better Group Limited
Registered name: CREATE BETTER GROUP LIMITED
Create Better Group Limited made £8.3m revenue and a £1.8m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Create Better Group Limited’s revenue fell 19% to £8.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.8m and 55 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “New Cakes BV”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.5m | £10.7m | £10.3m | £8.3m |
| Cost of sales | £7.6m | £6.3m | £5.8m | £6.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £4.4m | £4.5m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | −£2.9m | −£1.7m | −£956k | −£4.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£3.1m | −£1.8m | −£1.3m | −£4.9m |
| Profit after tax | −£590k | −£615k | −£544k | −£1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£590k | −£615k | −£544k | −£1.8m |
| Staff costs | £3m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 94 | 70 | 66 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −4.7% | −5.7% | −5.3% | −21.6% |
| Gross margin | 38.9% | 41.2% | 43.7% | 26.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £133k | £153k | £156k | £151k |
| Profit per employee | −£6.3k | −£8.8k | −£8.2k | −£32.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14.2% | ▼4.2% | ▼19.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼25.5% | ▼5.7% | ▼16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.6k | £984 | £20.2k | £2.1k |
| Net assets | −£1.1m | −£1.7m | −£2.2m | −£4m |
| Fixed assets | £4.8m | £4.1m | £3.6m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £677k | £674k | £2.6m |
| Debtors | −£39.5k | £676k | £654k | £2.6m |
| Cash from operations | £681k | £1.2m | £19.2k | £731k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −21.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £151k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£32.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 31.7%
- 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 −£4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼90%
- Now £2.1k
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼49%
- Now £1.8m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Cake Craft Group LimitedRev. £4.6m · Profit −£441k
- The Cake Decorating Co (Retail) LimitedRev. £3.8m · Profit −£237k
- Cake Stuff Ltd.Rev. £1.3m · Profit −£108k
- Create Better Distribution LimitedRev. £59.9k · Profit −£1.4m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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