Ruth's Coffee Shop Ltd
Registered name: RUTH'S COFFEE SHOP LTD
Ruth's Coffee Shop Ltd made £41.8k revenue and a £3.9k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Ruth's Coffee Shop Ltd’s revenue fell 43% to £41.8k in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £3.9k and 1 employee. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Hitchin; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hitchin, East of England
- 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 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £73.3k | £41.8k |
| Cost of sales | £72.1k | £45.7k |
| Gross profit | £1.1k | −£3.9k |
| Operating profit | £1.1k | −£3.9k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1k | −£3.9k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1k | −£3.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1k | −£3.9k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | −9.4% |
| Gross margin | 1.5% | −9.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £73.3k | £41.8k |
| Profit per employee | £1.1k | −£3.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼43% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼453.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £118 | £0 |
| Net assets | £118 | −£7.4k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £0 |
| Current assets | £118 | £25 |
| Debtors | £1 | £25 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −9.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £41.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▼6354%
- Now −£7.4k
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £0
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£3.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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