Big Black Box Ltd
Registered name: BIG BLACK BOX LTD
Big Black Box Ltd made £0 revenue and a £145k loss in the year to 30 Oct 2024. read from filing text
Big Black Box Ltd’s revenue was £0 in the year to 30 Oct 2024, with a loss of £145k and 2 employees. The company is classified under “other amusement and recreation activities” and is based in Preston; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £124k |
| Gross profit | £0 | £0 | −£124k |
| Operating profit | £0 | −£21.9k | −£146k |
| Profit before tax | £0 | −£21.9k | −£145k |
| Profit after tax | £0 | −£21.9k | −£145k |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | −£21.9k | −£145k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Profit per employee | £0 | −£11k | −£72.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1k | £649 | £18 |
| Net assets | £1k | −£20.9k | −£157k |
| Current assets | — | £649 | £400 |
| Debtors | — | — | £382 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 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
- −£72.4k
- 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
- —
- Now −£157k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £18
- Headcount
- —
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Oct 2024 (profit −£145k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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