Cornish Scrumpy Company Limited
Registered name: CORNISH SCRUMPY COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Myk Holdings Limited groupCornish Scrumpy Company Limited made £13.5m revenue and £228k profit in the year to 30 Mar 2025.
Cornish Scrumpy Company Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £13.5m in the year to 30 Mar 2025, with £228k profit and 58 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of cider and other fruit wines” and is based in Plymouth; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Plymouth, South West
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1979
- Type
- Private 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 30 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15m | £13.5m |
| Cost of sales | £7.2m | £6.3m |
| Gross profit | £7.7m | £7.2m |
| Operating profit | £591k | £342k |
| Profit before tax | £481k | £347k |
| Profit after tax | £411k | £228k |
| Profit (best available) | £411k | £228k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 64 | 58 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.7% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 51.7% | 53.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £234k | £233k |
| Profit per employee | £6.4k | £3.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼44.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £880k |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £4.5m | £7m |
| Current assets | £8.5m | £7.6m |
| Debtors | £2m | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 53.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £233k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 52%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12%
- 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 £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼49%
- Now £880k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲57%
- Now £7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Myk Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cornish Scrumpy Holdings Limited75–100%
- Cornish Scrumpy Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Ask Why (Cornwall) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Cyderhouse Co. LimitedRev. £6.8m · Profit £87.9k
- Red House Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Mar 2025 (profit £228k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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