Pop Essex
Registered name: POP ESSEX
Pop Essex made £122k revenue and £10.1k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Pop Essex’s revenue grew 42% to £122k in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £10.1k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “child day-care activities” and is based in Colchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colchester, East of England
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £85.5k | £122k |
| Cost of sales | — | £4.2k | £8.4k |
| Gross profit | — | £81.3k | £113k |
| Operating profit | — | £23.4k | £10.1k |
| Profit before tax | — | £23.4k | £10.1k |
| Profit after tax | — | £23.4k | £10.1k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £23.4k | £10.1k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 27.4% | 8.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 95.1% | 93.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £10.7k | £6.1k |
| Profit per employee | — | £2.9k | £504 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲42.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼56.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲150% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | £25.8k | £21.6k |
| Net assets | £2.7k | £26.1k | £36.2k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £0 | £14.6k |
| Current assets | £7.3k | £26.2k | £21.6k |
| Debtors | — | £440 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 93.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £6.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £504
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12%
- 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
- ▲39%
- Now £36.2k
- Cash at bank
- ▼16%
- Now £21.6k
- Headcount
- ▲150%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £14.6k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £10.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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