Hulme Garden Project CIC
Registered name: HULME GARDEN PROJECT CIC
Hulme Garden Project CIC made £115k revenue and a £38.4k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2024.
Hulme Garden Project CIC’s revenue grew 65% to £115k in the year to 31 Aug 2024, with a loss of £38.4k and 13 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £69.9k | £115k |
| Cost of sales | £0 | £30.9k | £50.9k |
| Gross profit | £0 | £39k | £64.4k |
| Operating profit | £0 | −£5.1k | −£38.4k |
| Profit before tax | £0 | −£5.1k | −£38.4k |
| Profit after tax | £0 | −£5.1k | −£38.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | −£5.1k | −£38.4k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −7.3% | −33.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 55.8% | 55.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £5.4k | £8.9k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£391 | −£3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲65% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £11.5k | £1.6k |
| Net assets | £0 | −£5.1k | −£43.5k |
| Fixed assets | — | £0 | £2.6k |
| Current assets | £0 | £11.5k | £1.6k |
| Deferred income | — | £0 | £1.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −33.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 55.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £8.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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 −£43.5k
- Cash at bank
- ▼86%
- Now £1.6k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £1.3k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £2.6k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2024 (profit −£38.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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