The Waterfront Conference Company Limited
Registered name: THE WATERFRONT CONFERENCE COMPANY LIMITED
The Waterfront Conference Company Limited made £406k revenue and £22.8k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2023. read from filing text
The Waterfront Conference Company Limited’s revenue grew 47% to £406k in the year to 31 Aug 2023, with £22.8k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “activities of conference organisers” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £275k | £406k |
| Cost of sales | £76k | £73k |
| Gross profit | £199k | £333k |
| Operating profit | £1.5k | £22.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5k | £22.8k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.5% | 5.6% |
| Gross margin | 72.4% | 82% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲47.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1458% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £180k | £30k |
| Net assets | −£375k | −£352k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 82%
- 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
- —
- 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 −£352k
- Cash at bank
- ▼83%
- Now £30k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2023 (profit £22.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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