Morgenrot Group PLC
Registered name: MORGENROT GROUP PLC
Morgenrot Group PLC made £13.2m revenue and £180k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Morgenrot Group PLC’s revenue grew 17% to £13.2m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £180k profit and 26 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 56 yrs · since 1970
- Type
- Public 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 ultimate controlling party are members of the Plath family holding shares.”
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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10m | £10.1m | £11.3m | £13.2m |
| Cost of sales | £7.8m | £7.9m | £8.8m | £10.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.5m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £391k | £287k | £391k | £273k |
| Profit before tax | £378k | £253k | £341k | £226k |
| Profit after tax | £305k | £194k | £244k | £180k |
| Profit (best available) | £305k | £194k | £244k | £180k |
| Staff costs | £690k | £781k | £834k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 21 | 23 | 26 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.1% | 1.9% | 2.1% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 22% | 22.1% | 22.4% | 22.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £415k | £481k | £493k | £509k |
| Profit per employee | £12.7k | £9.2k | £10.6k | £6.9k |
| Cash conversion | 121.4% | −99.8% | −16.9% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.3% | ▲12.3% | ▲16.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼36.3% | ▲25.7% | ▼26.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.5% | ▲9.5% | ▲13% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.5k | £28.5k | £60.6k | £101k |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.8m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £3.4m | £4.3m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.5m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £51k | £175k |
| Cash from operations | £475k | −£287k | −£66k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £509k
- 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
- 10.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.6%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲67%
- Now £101k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 26
- Deferred income
- ▲244%
- Now £175k
- Fixed assets
- ▲13%
- Now £1.4m
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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £180k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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