Comics and Beyond Ltd
Registered name: COMICS AND BEYOND LTD
Comics and Beyond Ltd made £40.3k revenue and £22.7k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Comics and Beyond Ltd’s revenue grew 32% to £40.3k in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £22.7k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “retail sale of books in specialised stores” and is based in Hailsham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hailsham, South East
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- 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 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £52.9k | £30.5k | £40.3k |
| Cost of sales | £20.3k | £30.2k | £496 |
| Gross profit | £32.6k | £292 | £39.8k |
| Operating profit | −£7.6k | −£18.1k | £23.7k |
| Profit before tax | −£7.6k | −£18.1k | £23.7k |
| Profit after tax | −£7.6k | −£18.1k | £22.7k |
| Profit (best available) | −£7.6k | −£18.1k | £22.7k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −14.3% | −59.3% | 56.3% |
| Gross margin | 61.7% | 1% | 98.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £26.5k | — | £40.3k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.8k | — | £22.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼42.4% | ▲32.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £771 | £927 | £2.9k |
| Net assets | −£7.6k | −£25.6k | −£2.9k |
| Current assets | £28k | £4.5k | £18.8k |
| Debtors | £1.2k | £3.5k | £0 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 56.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 98.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £40.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.7k
- 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
- 0%
- 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 −£2.9k
- Cash at bank
- ▲211%
- Now £2.9k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £22.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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