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Company No. 00694043 · Incorporated 31 May 1961

D.B. Ramsden & Company Limited

Registered name: D.B. RAMSDEN & COMPANY LIMITED

Part of Bestway Wholesale Holdings Limited group

D.B. Ramsden & Company Limited made £59.4m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.

D.B. Ramsden & Company Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £59.4m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £1m profit and 118 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46390Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
65 yrs · since 1961
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Jan 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£59.4m
Growth ▼10.1%
Profit
£1m
Growth ▼49.2%
Profit margin
1.7%
Gross 10.5%
Employees
118
Change ▼12.6%
Profit / employee
£8.7k
Revenue/employee £504k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Jan 202331 Jan 202431 Jan 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£67m£66.1m£59.4m
Cost of sales£61m£59.5m£53.2m
Gross profit£6m£6.6m£6.3m
Operating profit£954k£1.3m£1.3m
Profit before tax£974k£2.4m£1.3m
Profit after tax£762k£2m£1m
Profit (best available)£762k£2m£1m
Staff costs£2.8m£2.9m£2.7m
Employees (average)126135118
Ratios
Profit margin1.1%3.1%1.7%
Gross margin9%10%10.5%
Revenue per employee£532k£490k£504k
Profit per employee£6k£15.1k£8.7k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼1.3%▼10.1%
Profit growth—▲166.6%▼49.2%
Headcount growth—▲7.1%▼12.6%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.6m£16.5k£508k
Net assets£7.1m£7m£7.6m
Fixed assets£3m£791k£645k
Current assets£10.3m£12.6m£13m
Debtors£1.9m£1.8m£1.8m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
1.7%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
10.5%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£504k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£8.7k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
1.1%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
3%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲8%
Now £7.6m
Cash at bank
▲2975%
Now £508k
Headcount
▼13%
Now 118
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▼18%
Now £645k
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Bestway Wholesale Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Bestway Wholesale Limited75–100%
  3. D.B. Ramsden & Company Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (6)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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