Dean Forest Kitchen CIC
Registered name: DEAN FOREST KITCHEN CIC
Dean Forest Kitchen CIC made £78.2k revenue and a £5.6k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Dean Forest Kitchen CIC’s revenue was £78.2k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £5.6k and 9 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Longhope; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Longhope, South West
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- 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 Jul 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £80.3k | £91.2k | £78.2k |
| Cost of sales | £64.8k | £76.7k | £71.3k |
| Gross profit | £15.5k | £14.5k | £7k |
| Operating profit | £2.3k | −£1.2k | −£4.9k |
| Profit before tax | £2k | −£1.9k | −£5.6k |
| Profit after tax | £1.7k | −£1.9k | −£5.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7k | −£1.9k | −£5.6k |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 9 | 9 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | −2.1% | −7.2% |
| Gross margin | 19.3% | 15.9% | 8.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £5k | £10.1k | £8.7k |
| Profit per employee | £107 | −£216 | −£627 |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.8k | £1.2k | £1.6k |
| Net assets | £1.7k | −£230 | −£5.9k |
| Fixed assets | £500 | £1.8k | £1.5k |
| Current assets | £2.8k | £1.2k | £1.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £8.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£627
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- 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 −£5.9k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.6k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £1.5k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£5.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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