Ledrop Exports Limited
Registered name: LEDROP EXPORTS LIMITED
Ledrop Exports Limited made £27m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Ledrop Exports Limited’s revenue fell 24% to £27m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.8m profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Greenford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Greenford, London
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1975
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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&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) | £29m | £30m | £35.7m | £27m |
| Cost of sales | £25.2m | £24.4m | £29.6m | £23.7m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £5.6m | £6.1m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £2.7m | £3.5m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £2.7m | £3.7m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £2.1m | £2.8m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £2.1m | £2.8m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6% | 7.1% | 7.7% | 6.7% |
| Gross margin | 13.2% | 18.7% | 17% | 12.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £14.5m | £15m | £17.8m | £13.5m |
| Profit per employee | £865k | £1.1m | £1.4m | £909k |
| Cash conversion | −140.3% | −137.7% | 20.7% | −137% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.4% | ▲19.1% | ▼24.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲23% | ▲29.3% | ▼33.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.3m | £6.3m | £2.5m | £3.7m |
| Net assets | £8.4m | £9.3m | £11.3m | £12.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2k | £651 | £151 | £2 |
| Current assets | £14.7m | £20.9m | £15.6m | £18.7m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £7.9m | £877k | £905k |
| Deferred income | £985k | £1.1m | £515k | £812k |
| Cash from operations | −£3m | −£3.7m | £725k | −£3.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £13.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £909k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −137%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £12.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲51%
- Now £3.7m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▲58%
- Now £812k
- Fixed assets
- ▼99%
- Now £2
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)
- Premier Wines & Spirits 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 31 Jul 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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