Seckford Wines Limited
Registered name: SECKFORD WINES LIMITED
Part of Seckford Group Limited groupSeckford Wines Limited made £9.9m revenue and £22.6k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Seckford Wines Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £9.9m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £22.6k profit and 23 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages” and is based in Woodbridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Woodbridge, East of England
- 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 under the control of Mr J Downing.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 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) | £16m | £12.6m | £10.6m | £9.9m |
| Cost of sales | £13.2m | £10m | £8.4m | £7.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £2.7m | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | £700k | £625k | £147k | £29.7k |
| Profit before tax | £701k | £637k | £165k | £43k |
| Profit after tax | £567k | £492k | £115k | £22.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £567k | £492k | £115k | £22.6k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | 3.9% | 1.1% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 17.5% | 21% | 20.8% | 21.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £727k | £602k | £481k | £431k |
| Profit per employee | £25.8k | £23.4k | £5.2k | £983 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼20.9% | ▼16.3% | ▼6.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼13.3% | ▼76.6% | ▼80.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.5% | ▲4.8% | ▲4.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £1m | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £5.8m | £6.3m | £6.4m | £6.4m |
| Fixed assets | £689k | £684k | £819k | £885k |
| Current assets | £8.5m | £7.5m | £7.6m | £7.4m |
| Debtors | £1m | £653k | £840k | £847k |
| Deferred income | £246k | £187k | £194k | £187k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £431k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £983
- 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
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.5%
- 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 £6.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲34%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 23
- Deferred income
- ▼4%
- Now £187k
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £885k
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
- Seckford Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Seckford Wines Holdings Limited75–100%
- Seckford Wines 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 Sep 2025 (profit £22.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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