Bass & Caird Wine Merchants Ltd
Registered name: BASS & CAIRD WINE MERCHANTS LTD
Bass & Caird Wine Merchants Ltd made £158k revenue and £2.6k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Bass & Caird Wine Merchants Ltd’s revenue fell 11% to £158k in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £2.6k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “retail sale of beverages in specialised stores” and is based in Staines-Upon-Thames; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Staines-Upon-Thames, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 | 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) | £181k | £171k | £177k | £158k |
| Profit after tax | £834 | −£16.8k | −£3.8k | £2.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £834 | −£16.8k | −£3.8k | £2.6k |
| Staff costs | £2.4k | £2.6k | £16.9k | £26.1k |
| Employees (average) | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.5% | −9.8% | −2.2% | 1.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £171k | £177k | £158k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£16.8k | −£3.8k | £2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.4% | ▲3.8% | ▼11% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼2111% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £17.9k | £1.2k | −£3.1k | £6.4k |
| Fixed assets | £8.5k | £7.7k | £7.6k | £7.8k |
| Current assets | £13.5k | £8.9k | £11.9k | £19.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £158k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- 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 £6.4k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £7.8k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £2.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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