A Longer Table CIC
Registered name: A LONGER TABLE CIC
A Longer Table CIC made £48.8k revenue and a £3.7k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
A Longer Table CIC’s revenue grew 2% to £48.8k in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £3.7k and 4 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of food in specialised stores” and is based in Forfar; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Forfar, Scotland
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- Type
- Community Interest Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30.3k | £33.5k | £48k | £48.8k |
| Cost of sales | £24.1k | £23.5k | £39.1k | £39.5k |
| Gross profit | £6.2k | £10k | £8.9k | £9.2k |
| Operating profit | −£2k | £3.1k | −£3.4k | −£3.7k |
| Profit before tax | −£2k | £3.1k | −£3.4k | −£3.7k |
| Profit after tax | −£2k | £3k | −£3.4k | −£3.7k |
| Profit (best available) | −£2k | £3k | −£3.4k | −£3.7k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −6.7% | 8.9% | −7% | −7.6% |
| Gross margin | 20.4% | 29.8% | 18.6% | 18.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £7.6k | £8.4k | £12k | £12.2k |
| Profit per employee | −£504 | £745 | −£847 | −£927 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.7% | ▲43.2% | ▲1.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼213.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £567 | £836 | — | — |
| Net assets | £2.4k | £5.3k | £2k | −£1.7k |
| Fixed assets | — | £0 | £480 | £360 |
| Current assets | £3.6k | £6.4k | £5.4k | £6.3k |
| Deferred income | — | £378 | £454 | £454 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £12.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£927
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼189%
- Now −£1.7k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £454
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £360
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 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£3.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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