Evans Vanodine International PLC
Registered name: EVANS VANODINE INTERNATIONAL PLC
Evans Vanodine International PLC made £35.1m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Evans Vanodine International PLC’s revenue grew 5% to £35.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.4m profit and 159 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of soap and detergents” and is based in Bamber Bridge; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bamber Bridge, North West
- Age
- 73 yrs · since 1953
- Type
- Public 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 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £33.4m | £35.1m |
| Cost of sales | £21.6m | £21.6m |
| Gross profit | £11.8m | £13.4m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £825k | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £825k | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £7.6m | £8.5m |
| Employees (average) | 153 | 159 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 35.4% | 38.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £218k | £221k |
| Profit per employee | £5.4k | £8.9k |
| Cash conversion | −58.3% | −165.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲71.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.6m | £104k |
| Net assets | £19.2m | £20.6m |
| Fixed assets | £6.1m | £15.5m |
| Current assets | £18.2m | £12.3m |
| Debtors | £6.9m | £6.9m |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Cash from operations | −£583k | −£3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £221k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −165.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 44.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.6%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £20.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼97%
- Now £104k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 159
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲156%
- Now £15.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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