Small Beer Holdings Limited
Registered name: SMALL BEER HOLDINGS LIMITED
Small Beer Holdings Limited made £23.4m revenue and £682k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026. read from filing text
Small Beer Holdings Limited’s revenue was £23.4m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £682k profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Lincoln; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lincoln, East Midlands
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.3m | £23.5m | £23.4m |
| Cost of sales | £18.5m | £18.8m | £18.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £4.6m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £1m | £909k |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.1m | £962k |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £814k | £682k |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £814k | £682k |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 56 | 55 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 3.5% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | 20.6% | 19.7% | 19.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £401k | £419k | £425k |
| Profit per employee | £18k | £14.5k | £12.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.8% | ▼0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼22% | ▼16.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▼1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £250k | £510k |
| Net assets | £1m | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £200 | £200 | £200 |
| Current assets | £1m | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £425k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲33%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲104%
- Now £510k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £200
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Small Beer LimitedRev. £23.4m · Profit £821k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £682k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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