Goedhuis & Company Limited
Registered name: GOEDHUIS & COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Goedhuis Waddesdon Limited groupGoedhuis & Company Limited made £29.8m revenue and a £2.1m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
Goedhuis & Company Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £29.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with a loss of £2.1m and 30 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- 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 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £28m | £31.1m | £29.8m |
| Cost of sales | £22.7m | £25.3m | £25.9m |
| Gross profit | £5.3m | £5.7m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £911k | −£2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £912k | −£2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £917k | £694k | −£2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £917k | £694k | −£2.1m |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £3.3m | — |
| Employees (average) | 27 | 27 | 30 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | 2.2% | −6.9% |
| Gross margin | 18.9% | 18.5% | 13.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £1m | £1.2m | £992k |
| Profit per employee | £34k | £25.7k | −£68.4k |
| Cash conversion | −95% | 42% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▼4.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼24.3% | ▼395.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲11.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £2.6m | £764k |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £3.7m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £173k | £119k | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £23.2m | £20.9m | £2.4m |
| Debtors | £3m | £3.3m | £0 |
| Deferred income | £13.1m | £10.7m | £158k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | £383k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £992k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£68.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼70%
- Now £764k
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- ▼99%
- Now £158k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1130%
- Now £1.5m
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
- Goedhuis Waddesdon Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Goedhuis & Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Waddesdon Wine LimitedRev. £11.8m · Profit £41k
- Private Reserves 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 Mar 2024 (profit −£2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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