Cripps Barn Group Limited
Registered name: CRIPPS BARN GROUP LIMITED
Cripps Barn Group Limited made £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Cripps Barn Group Limited reported £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025, down 31% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 29 employees. The company is classified under “event catering activities” and is based in Cirencester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cirencester, South West
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £9.9m | £10.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2.8m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £2.1m | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £2.1m | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 595 | 678 | 26 | 29 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £4.3k | £3k | £59.1k | £36.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼18.9% | ▼25.3% | ▼31.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14% | ▼96.2% | ▲11.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £386k | £103k | £1.5m | £202k |
| Net assets | −£1m | −£2.1m | −£1.6m | −£1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £3.7m | £3.7m | £3.7m | £3.6m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £2.5m | £4.1m | £2.4m |
| Debtors | £7.2k | £39.9k | £8.3k | £2.6k |
| Deferred income | £82.7k | £25.5k | £16.5k | £78.6k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £854k | £2.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £36.4k
- 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 −£1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼87%
- Now £202k
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 29
- Deferred income
- ▲376%
- Now £78.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £3.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (12)
- Baz and Fred LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cripps Grangefields LtdFigures not disclosed
- Cripps Hazel Gap LtdFigures not disclosed
- Cripps Healey LimitedRev. — · Profit £140k
- Cripps Ivy Lodge LtdFigures not disclosed
- Cripps New Inn LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cripps Pub Co LtdFigures not disclosed
- Cripps Stone Barn LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dorfold Cripps LtdFigures not disclosed
- Shustoke Barn LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Tithe Barn Bolton Abbey LtdFigures not disclosed
- Thorpe Garden LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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