Festival Fringe Trading Limited
Registered name: FESTIVAL FRINGE TRADING LIMITED
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society Ltd groupFestival Fringe Trading Limited made £685k revenue and £124k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2023. read from filing text
Festival Fringe Trading Limited’s revenue fell 26% to £685k in the year to 30 Nov 2023, with £124k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling party is Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society Limited, a company limited by guarantee and registered in Scotland. Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society Limited is a registered charit”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £929k | £685k |
| Cost of sales | £679k | £532k |
| Gross profit | £250k | £153k |
| Profit before tax | £214k | £124k |
| Profit after tax | £214k | £124k |
| Profit (best available) | £214k | £124k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 23.1% | 18.2% |
| Gross margin | 26.9% | 22.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼26.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼41.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £292k | £2.6k |
| Net assets | £43.7k | £43.7k |
| Current assets | £620k | £186k |
| Debtors | £295k | £173k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 18.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 25.3%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £43.7k
- Cash at bank
- ▼99%
- Now £2.6k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Festival Fringe Trading Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2023 (profit £124k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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