Bombay Halwa Limited
Registered name: BOMBAY HALWA LIMITED
Bombay Halwa Limited made £26.7m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Bombay Halwa Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £26.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £2.5m profit and 207 employees. The company is classified under “other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1973
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.4m | £21.9m | £26.7m |
| Cost of sales | £13.5m | £13.5m | £16.3m |
| Gross profit | £6.9m | £8.3m | £10.5m |
| Profit before tax | £2.9m | £982k | £3.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £826k | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £826k | £2.5m |
| Staff costs | £6.3m | £6.1m | £6.8m |
| Employees (average) | 208 | 191 | 207 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 11.9% | 3.8% | 9.2% |
| Gross margin | 33.7% | 38.1% | 39.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £98.2k | £115k | £129k |
| Profit per employee | £11.7k | £4.3k | £11.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.2% | ▲22.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼66% | ▲197.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.2% | ▲8.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £2.7m | £5.4m |
| Net assets | £12.9m | £13.7m | £16.1m |
| Fixed assets | £12.1m | £11.4m | £11.3m |
| Current assets | £6m | £6.3m | £10.7m |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £2.2m | £2.7m |
| Cash from operations | £3.2m | £2.6m | £3.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £129k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 42.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.2%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £16.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲100%
- Now £5.4m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 207
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £11.3m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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