A.b. Nutrition Limited
Registered name: A.B. NUTRITION LIMITED
Part of Sugarich Ltd groupA.b. Nutrition Limited made £95.6m revenue and £2.6m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
A.b. Nutrition Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £95.6m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £2.6m profit and 14 employees. The company is classified under “agents selling agricultural raw materials, livestock, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods” and is based in Camberley; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Camberley, South East
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £119m | £101m | £95.6m |
| Cost of sales | £114m | £95.3m | £90.6m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £5.3m | £5m |
| Operating profit | £3.6m | £3.9m | £3.5m |
| Profit before tax | £3.7m | £4.1m | £3.5m |
| Profit after tax | £2.9m | £3.1m | £2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.9m | £3.1m | £2.6m |
| Staff costs | £677k | £737k | £744k |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 20 | 14 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 3% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | 4.1% | 5.3% | 5.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £6.6m | £5m | £6.8m |
| Profit per employee | £164k | £153k | £186k |
| Cash conversion | −331.4% | −24.8% | −33% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15.1% | ▼5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲4% | ▼15.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▼30% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £5.6m | £872k | £868k |
| Net assets | £516k | £2.4m | £5m |
| Fixed assets | £152k | £159k | £126k |
| Current assets | £21.5m | £19.8m | £18.9m |
| Debtors | £7.8m | £6.4m | £5.4m |
| Deferred income | £885k | £711k | £849k |
| Cash from operations | −£12m | −£970k | −£1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £6.8m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £186k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −33%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- 5.7%
- 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
- ▲109%
- Now £5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼1%
- Now £868k
- Headcount
- ▼30%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- ▲19%
- Now £849k
- Fixed assets
- ▼21%
- Now £126k
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
- Sugarich Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- A.b. Nutrition 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 FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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