Adrian Scripps Limited
Registered name: ADRIAN SCRIPPS LIMITED
Adrian Scripps Limited made £14.5m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Adrian Scripps Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £14.5m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.9m profit and 160 employees. The company is classified under “growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds” and is based in Tonbridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tonbridge, South East
- Age
- 62 yrs · since 1964
- 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: “The company is controlled the trustees of the Richard Scripps Settlement.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £15.8m | £14.5m |
| Cost of sales | £13.8m | £13m | £13.4m | £11.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.6m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.6m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | −£787k | £746k | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | −£787k | £746k | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | £4.9m | £5.3m | £5.4m | £5.9m |
| Employees (average) | 156 | 167 | 155 | 160 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 10.2% | 13% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 16.3% | 21.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £102k | £90.8k |
| Profit per employee | −£5k | £4.5k | £10.3k | £11.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −159.2% | −67.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼7.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲114.7% | ▲17.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7% | ▼7.2% | ▲3.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.2m | £5.7m | £8.5m | £7.6m |
| Net assets | £15.5m | £16.2m | £17.8m | £19.4m |
| Fixed assets | £9m | £8.3m | £7.5m | £6.5m |
| Current assets | £9.4m | £11.1m | £13.2m | £16.5m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £2.6m | £2.4m | £3.2m |
| Deferred income | £316k | £517k | £191k | £220k |
| Cash from operations | £404k | −£1.7m | −£2.6m | −£1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £90.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −67.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 44.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.3%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £19.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼12%
- Now £7.6m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 160
- Deferred income
- ▲15%
- Now £220k
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £6.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Hortus Machinery LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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