Water Lane Lounge Limited
Registered name: WATER LANE LOUNGE LIMITED
Water Lane Lounge Limited made £673k revenue and £45.5k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Water Lane Lounge Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £673k in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £45.5k profit and 11 employees. The company is classified under “public houses and bars” and is based in Enfield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Enfield, East of England
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- 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 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £702k | £673k |
| Cost of sales | — | £149k | £136k |
| Gross profit | — | £553k | £536k |
| Operating profit | — | £80.7k | £61.3k |
| Profit before tax | £155k | £81.2k | £61.3k |
| Profit after tax | — | £74.9k | £45.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £155k | £74.9k | £45.5k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 13 | 11 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 10.7% | 6.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 78.8% | 79.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £54k | £61.2k |
| Profit per employee | £15.5k | £5.8k | £4.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼4.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼51.8% | ▼39.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲30% | ▼15.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £31k | £30.7k | £5.8k |
| Net assets | £138k | £213k | £259k |
| Fixed assets | £15.1k | £65.4k | £63.7k |
| Current assets | £178k | £215k | £291k |
| Debtors | £140k | £2.1k | £2.9k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 79.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £61.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £259k
- Cash at bank
- ▼81%
- Now £5.8k
- Headcount
- ▼15%
- Now 11
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £63.7k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £45.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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