Masteroast Coffee Co. Limited
Registered name: MASTEROAST COFFEE CO. LIMITED
Part of Masteroast Holdings Limited groupMasteroast Coffee Co. Limited made £39.8m revenue and £352k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Masteroast Coffee Co. Limited’s revenue grew 25% to £39.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £352k profit and 134 employees. The company is classified under “production of coffee and coffee substitutes” and is based in Peterborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterborough, East of England
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1983
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £28m | £30.1m | £31.9m | £39.8m |
| Cost of sales | £22.5m | £24.1m | £25.1m | £35.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £5.9m | £6.8m | £4.7m |
| Operating profit | £2.7m | £1.8m | £2.2m | £561k |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £1.7m | £2.1m | £487k |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £1.6m | £1.5m | £352k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £1.6m | £1.5m | £352k |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £3.5m | £3.7m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 130 | 136 | 134 | 134 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.8% | 5.5% | 4.6% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 19.8% | 19.7% | 21.3% | 11.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £216k | £221k | £238k | £297k |
| Profit per employee | £16.9k | £12.1k | £11k | £2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.2% | ▲6.1% | ▲24.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼25.1% | ▼10.8% | ▼76% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.6% | ▼1.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £294k | £260k | £516k | £138k |
| Net assets | £9.3m | £10.8m | £12.1m | £12.3m |
| Fixed assets | £3.4m | £3.3m | £3.3m | £3.5m |
| Current assets | £14m | £14.3m | £16.1m | £19.6m |
| Debtors | £4.5m | £4.8m | £4.7m | £6m |
| Deferred income | £453k | £382k | £256k | £272k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £297k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.1%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £12.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼73%
- Now £138k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 134
- Deferred income
- ▲6%
- Now £272k
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £3.5m
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
- Masteroast Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Masteroast Coffee Co. Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Isurus Fulfilment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Masterpac LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mastertec Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- McEu LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Occ Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Whiteheads (1858) 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 Dec 2025 (profit £352k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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