Grocola PLC
Registered name: GROCOLA PLC
Grocola PLC made £2.1m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Grocola PLC’s revenue grew 5% to £2.1m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.4m profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in Chingford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chingford, London
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1975
- Type
- Public 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.8m | £5.8m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.1m | £3.7m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.1m | £3.7m | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £183k | £184k | £184k | £186k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 64.4% | 58.5% | 186.2% | 64.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £360k | £380k | £401k | £420k |
| Profit per employee | £232k | £222k | £746k | £272k |
| Cash conversion | −78.1% | −104.2% | −124.3% | −82.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.4% | ▲5.5% | ▲4.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼4.3% | ▲236.1% | ▼63.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £1.4m | £2.2m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £25.7m | £26.7m | £30.3m | £31.6m |
| Fixed assets | £32.5m | £33.3m | £38.4m | £38.8m |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £2m | £2.4m | £3.3m |
| Debtors | £321k | £373k | £175k | £196k |
| Cash from operations | −£941k | −£1.4m | −£1.7m | −£1.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 64.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £420k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £272k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −82.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1851%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.4%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £31.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲33%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £38.8m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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