HT Drinks Ltd
Registered name: HT DRINKS LTD
Part of HT Drinks Holdings Ltd groupHT Drinks Ltd made £165m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
HT Drinks Ltd’s revenue grew 3% to £165m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.3m profit and 122 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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. From the filing: “The company is a subsidiary of HT Drinks Holdings Limited, which is the ultimate parent company”
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 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | £162m | £168m | £161m | £165m |
| Cost of sales | £151m | £155m | £147m | £153m |
| Gross profit | £11m | £12.4m | £13.9m | £12.8m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £2.5m | £2.8m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £2m | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £2m | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £4.9m | £5.1m | £5.8m | £5.5m |
| Employees (average) | 125 | 125 | 131 | 122 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 6.8% | 7.4% | 8.7% | 7.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Profit per employee | £11.2k | £16k | £13.1k | £10.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.5% | ▼4.2% | ▲3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲43.3% | ▼13.9% | ▼27.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲4.8% | ▼6.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.9m | £4.8m | £2.9m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £22.4m | £23.4m | £24.5m | £25m |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £2.6m | £2.8m | £3.5m |
| Current assets | £45.2m | £47.6m | £46.6m | £50.7m |
| Debtors | £7.3m | £7.1m | £10m | £12.8m |
| Deferred income | £571k | £595k | £523k | £522k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £25m
- Cash at bank
- ▼58%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 122
- Deferred income
- ▼0%
- Now £522k
- Fixed assets
- ▲26%
- 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
- HT Drinks Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- HT Drinks Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- Champers (Wholesale) LimitedRev. £64.6m · Profit £370k
- Compass Supply Solutions LimitedRev. £11.7m · Profit −£1.3m
- Boozedelivered.com LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Drinksupermarket.com LimitedRev. — · Profit −£349k
- Gift Creation & Design (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- HT (Retail Club) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Malcolm Cowen (Drinks) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Trinart LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Valecorp 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 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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