The African Pot Ltd
Registered name: THE AFRICAN POT LTD
The African Pot Ltd made £17k revenue and a £25k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
The African Pot Ltd’s revenue was £17k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £25k and 3 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Milton Keynes.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes, South East
- Age
- 1 yr · since 2024
- 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 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £17k |
| Cost of sales | £12k |
| Gross profit | £5k |
| Operating profit | −£25k |
| Profit before tax | −£25k |
| Profit after tax | −£25k |
| Profit (best available) | −£25k |
| Employees (average) | 3 |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | −147.1% |
| Gross margin | 29.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £5.7k |
| Profit per employee | −£8.3k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Cash at bank | £500 |
| Net assets | £5.5k |
| Fixed assets | £5k |
| Current assets | £2k |
| Debtors | £1k |
| Deferred income | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −147.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £5.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 29.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.9%
- 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 £5.5k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £500
- Headcount
- —
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £5k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£25k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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