Nutriad Ltd
Registered name: NUTRIAD LTD
Nutriad Ltd made £27.4m revenue and £3.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Nutriad Ltd’s revenue grew 5% to £27.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.8m profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Chester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chester, North West
- Age
- 63 yrs · since 1963
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £18.3m | £19.2m | £26.1m | £27.4m |
| Cost of sales | £10.9m | £13.5m | £18.3m | £18.1m |
| Gross profit | £7.5m | £5.7m | £7.8m | £9.3m |
| Operating profit | £4.1m | £2.1m | £4.5m | £5.1m |
| Profit before tax | £4.1m | £2.1m | £4.6m | £5.1m |
| Profit after tax | £3.3m | £1.6m | £3.4m | £3.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.3m | £1.6m | £3.4m | £3.8m |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 18.1% | 8.5% | 13.1% | 14% |
| Gross margin | 40.7% | 29.8% | 29.7% | 34.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £965k | £1m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Profit per employee | £175k | £85.5k | £180k | £191k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.6% | ▲36.1% | ▲5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼51.1% | ▲110.9% | ▲11.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲5.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.6m | £1.7m | £895k | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £8.2m | £5.8m | £5.6m | £9.4m |
| Fixed assets | £31k | £28k | £30k | £27k |
| Current assets | £9.4m | £8m | £7.9m | £10.8m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.7m | £2.2m | £2.6m |
| Deferred income | £380k | £402k | £216k | £383k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £191k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.6%
- 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
- ▲69%
- Now £9.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲64%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- ▲77%
- Now £383k
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £27k
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 Dec 2025 (profit £3.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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