Valimex (Import & Export) Limited
Registered name: VALIMEX (IMPORT & EXPORT) LIMITED
Part of Limcor Limited groupValimex (Import & Export) Limited made £16.5m revenue and £873k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2023.
Valimex (Import & Export) Limited’s revenue grew 104% to £16.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2023, with £873k profit and 49 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- 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 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.1m | £16.5m |
| Cost of sales | £5.8m | £12.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £752k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £753k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £614k | £873k |
| Profit (best available) | £614k | £873k |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 49 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 7.6% | 5.3% |
| Gross margin | 28.8% | 23.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £323k | £337k |
| Profit per employee | £24.5k | £17.8k |
| Cash conversion | −63.7% | −91.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲104.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲42.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲96% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £358k | £578k |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £4.2m |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £4.1m |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £3.7m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £7.7k | £11.8k |
| Cash from operations | −£480k | −£1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £337k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −91.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 25%
- 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
- 10.8%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £4.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲61%
- Now £578k
- Headcount
- ▲96%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- ▲53%
- Now £11.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £4.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Limcor Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Valimex (Import & Export) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2023 (profit £873k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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