Smooth Brew Ltd
Registered name: SMOOTH BREW LTD
Smooth Brew Ltd made £177k revenue and a £10.7k loss in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Smooth Brew Ltd’s revenue grew 84% to £177k in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with a loss of £10.7k and 6 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Chorley; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Chorley, North West
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- 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 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £95.8k | £177k |
| Cost of sales | £59.3k | £51.6k |
| Gross profit | £36.5k | £125k |
| Operating profit | −£23.2k | £20.5k |
| Profit before tax | −£23.2k | £20.5k |
| Profit after tax | −£38k | −£10.7k |
| Profit (best available) | −£38k | −£10.7k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −39.7% | −6.1% |
| Gross margin | 38.1% | 70.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £19.2k | £29.4k |
| Profit per employee | −£7.6k | −£1.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲84.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.4k | £19.1k |
| Net assets | £5.7k | £6.8k |
| Fixed assets | £2.2k | £5.4k |
| Current assets | £9.5k | £19.1k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 70.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £29.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £6.8k
- Cash at bank
- ▲1311%
- Now £19.1k
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▲146%
- Now £5.4k
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 28 Feb 2025 (profit −£10.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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