Cake Stuff Ltd.
Registered name: CAKE STUFF LTD.
Part of Create Better Group Limited groupCake Stuff Ltd. made £1.3m revenue and a £108k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Cake Stuff Ltd.’s revenue fell 31% to £1.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £108k and 2 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2004
- 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: “Create Better Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.3m | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Cost of sales | £1.5m | £1.2m | £673k |
| Gross profit | £797k | £726k | £645k |
| Profit before tax | −£378k | −£293k | −£108k |
| Profit after tax | −£378k | −£293k | −£108k |
| Profit (best available) | −£378k | −£293k | −£108k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −16.1% | −15.4% | −8.2% |
| Gross margin | 34% | 38.1% | 48.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £781k | £634k | £659k |
| Profit per employee | −£126k | −£97.8k | −£54.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼18.8% | ▼30.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼33.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £44.3k | £22.4k | £16.7k |
| Net assets | −£306k | −£599k | −£707k |
| Current assets | £589k | £29k | £30.7k |
| Debtors | −£421 | £6.7k | £14k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £659k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£54.1k
- 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
- 1.1%
- 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
- —
- Now −£707k
- Cash at bank
- ▼25%
- Now £16.7k
- Headcount
- ▼33%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Create Better Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cake Stuff Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Cake Craft Group LimitedRev. £4.6m · Profit −£441k
- The Cake Decorating Co (Retail) LimitedRev. £3.8m · Profit −£237k
- Create Better Distribution LimitedRev. £59.9k · Profit −£1.4m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£108k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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