Criddle & Co.limited
Registered name: CRIDDLE & CO.LIMITED
Part of Edward Billington and Son Limited groupCriddle & Co.limited made £155m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Criddle & Co.limited’s revenue grew 15% to £155m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.8m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of grain, unmanufactured tobacco, seeds and animal feeds” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 76 yrs · since 1950
- 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.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The ultimate parent undertaking is Edward Billington and Son Limited, which is incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 4 Sep 2022 | 3 Sep 2023 | 1 Sep 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £156m | £177m | £135m | £155m |
| Cost of sales | £153m | £172m | £132m | £151m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £4.2m | £3m | £4m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £2.8m | £1.6m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £3.1m | £1.6m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £2.4m | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £2.4m | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 2.1% | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.4% | ▼23.5% | ▲15% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲53.7% | ▼51.5% | ▲51.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £443k | £376k | £90.9k | £104k |
| Net assets | £7.7m | £8.6m | £8.8m | £9m |
| Current assets | £24m | £22m | £23.5m | £27.6m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.1m | £1.6m | £3.1m |
| Deferred income | £4.5m | £3.2m | £3.3m | £4.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲14%
- Now £104k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲26%
- Now £4.1m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Edward Billington and Son Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Criddle & Co.limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (16)
- Carrs Billington Agriculture (Sales) LimitedRev. £326m · Profit −£71.9k
- Carrs Billington Agriculture (Operations) LimitedRev. £159m · Profit £6.4m
- English Provender Company LimitedRev. £144m · Profit £8m
- Alembic Foods LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bar and Restaurant Foods LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Billington Agriculture Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Billington Food Ingredients LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Billington Foods Dormant LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Billington Foodservice LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
- Billington Frozen Foods LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Billington Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Billington Profit Sharing Trust LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Billington Property Management LtdFigures not disclosed
- Dunkleys LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Suffolk Foods LimitedFigures not disclosed
- TSC Foods Group LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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