Melba Products Limited
Registered name: MELBA PRODUCTS LIMITED
Part of Melba Group Limited groupMelba Products Limited made £30.3m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Melba Products Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £30.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £1.5m profit and 226 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Ramsbottom; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ramsbottom, North West
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- 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 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | £30.1m | £29.6m | £29.8m | £30.3m |
| Cost of sales | £15.3m | £13.4m | £13.5m | £15.1m |
| Gross profit | £14.8m | £16.2m | £16.4m | £15.2m |
| Operating profit | £4.8m | £4.7m | £5.1m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £4.6m | £4.7m | £5.2m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £3.6m | £3.5m | £3.8m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.6m | £3.5m | £3.8m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £7.4m | £8.9m | £9.8m | £10.8m |
| Employees (average) | 215 | 216 | 221 | 226 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.1% | 11.8% | 12.9% | 5.1% |
| Gross margin | 49.1% | 54.6% | 54.9% | 50.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £140k | £137k | £135k | £134k |
| Profit per employee | £16.9k | £16.2k | £17.4k | £6.8k |
| Cash conversion | −83.2% | −104.9% | −143.2% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.7% | ▲0.7% | ▲1.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼3.8% | ▲9.7% | ▼59.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.5% | ▲2.3% | ▲2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £3.3m | £2.3m | £568k |
| Net assets | £18.8m | £22.2m | £25.6m | £26.8m |
| Fixed assets | £14.9m | £15m | £19.5m | £24.1m |
| Current assets | £14m | £15.8m | £15.3m | £13.6m |
| Debtors | £6.5m | £5.7m | £7.2m | £7.2m |
| Deferred income | £76.9k | £69.1k | £269k | £288k |
| Cash from operations | −£4m | −£5m | −£7.3m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £134k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 79.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.6%
- 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 £26.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼76%
- Now £568k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 226
- Deferred income
- ▲7%
- Now £288k
- Fixed assets
- ▲23%
- Now £24.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Melba Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Melba Products Holdings Limited75–100%
- Melba Products Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Melbaswintex LtdFigures 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 2026 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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