Irma Management Limited
Registered name: IRMA MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Part of Irma Holdings Ltd groupIrma Management Limited made £18.3m revenue and £558k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Irma Management Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £18.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £558k profit and 81 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of ice cream” and is based in Winchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Winchester, South East
- Age
- 67 yrs · since 1959
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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: “Irma Holdings Limited (incorporated in England and Wales) is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company.The results of the company are consolidated in that headed by Irma”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.9m | £18.2m | £17.9m | £18.3m |
| Cost of sales | £9.1m | £11.3m | £11.3m | £11m |
| Gross profit | £6.7m | £6.9m | £6.6m | £7.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £69.5k | £233k | £760k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £29.1k | £168k | £727k |
| Profit after tax | £982k | −£82.2k | £96.6k | £558k |
| Profit (best available) | £982k | −£82.2k | £96.6k | £558k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £3.8m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 64 | 67 | 81 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.2% | −0.4% | 0.5% | 3.1% |
| Gross margin | 42.5% | 38.1% | 36.8% | 39.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £265k | £284k | £267k | £225k |
| Profit per employee | £16.4k | −£1.3k | £1.4k | £6.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.6% | ▼1.7% | ▲2.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼108.4% | — | ▲477.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.7% | ▲4.7% | ▲20.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £625 | £1.6m | £1.4m | £250k |
| Net assets | £4.6m | £4.7m | £4.9m | £5.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £8.7m | £10.1m | £8.7m | £9.3m |
| Debtors | £5.3m | £4.7m | £3.3m | £4m |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £225k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.6%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £5.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼82%
- Now £250k
- Headcount
- ▲21%
- Now 81
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £1.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £1.4m
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
- Irma Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Irma Management Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £558k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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