Rotamead Limited
Registered name: ROTAMEAD LIMITED
Rotamead Limited made £18.7m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Rotamead Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £18.7m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.8m profit and 19 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Battlesbridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Battlesbridge, East of England
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1979
- 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 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) | £23.9m | £25.8m | £20.8m | £18.7m |
| Cost of sales | £21.3m | £23.1m | £17.3m | £15.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £2.7m | £3.5m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £2.1m | £2.2m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £2.2m | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.9% | 6.9% | 8.7% | 9.8% |
| Gross margin | 10.7% | 10.6% | 16.9% | 19% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.1m | £984k |
| Profit per employee | £62.1k | £93.8k | £95.8k | £96.7k |
| Cash conversion | 332.8% | 78% | −278.1% | −195.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8% | ▼19.4% | ▼10.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲50.9% | ▲2.1% | ▲1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £7.7m | £9m | £14.6m | £18.3m |
| Net assets | £24.5m | £26.3m | £28.1m | £30m |
| Fixed assets | £7.2m | £4m | £4.1m | £4.1m |
| Current assets | £21.9m | £26.5m | £27.6m | £28.8m |
| Debtors | £5.4m | £5.5m | £5.7m | £3.7m |
| Deferred income | £18.8k | £45k | £22k | £22k |
| Cash from operations | £5m | £1.6m | −£6m | −£3.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £984k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £96.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −195.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.8%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £30m
- Cash at bank
- ▲25%
- Now £18.3m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 19
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £22k
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £4.1m
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 31 Jul 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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