Middle Ground Growers C.I.C.
Registered name: MIDDLE GROUND GROWERS C.I.C.
Middle Ground Growers C.I.C. made £284k revenue and £25.7k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Middle Ground Growers C.I.C.’s revenue grew 91% to £284k in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £25.7k profit and 7 employees. The company is classified under “mixed farming” and is based in Bath; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bath, South West
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £149k | £284k |
| Cost of sales | £53.8k | £119k |
| Gross profit | £94.8k | £165k |
| Operating profit | £1.7k | £62.9k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.6k | £25.7k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.6k | £25.7k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.6k | £25.7k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −1.1% | 9.1% |
| Gross margin | 63.8% | 58.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £29.7k | £40.5k |
| Profit per employee | −£314 | £3.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲91% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲40% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £17.7k | £35.2k |
| Net assets | £10.8k | £36.5k |
| Fixed assets | £107k | £81.7k |
| Current assets | £22.3k | £39.2k |
| Debtors | £4.6k | £1.8k |
| Deferred income | £46.5k | £22.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 58.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £40.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 28.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▲239%
- Now £36.5k
- Cash at bank
- ▲99%
- Now £35.2k
- Headcount
- ▲40%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- ▼53%
- Now £22.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▼23%
- Now £81.7k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Olivia Rhodes (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £25.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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