Barry Callebaut Beverages UK Ltd
Registered name: BARRY CALLEBAUT BEVERAGES UK LTD
Barry Callebaut Beverages UK Ltd made £9.9m revenue and £4k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Barry Callebaut Beverages UK Ltd’s revenue fell 5% to £9.9m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £4k profit and 25 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery” and is based in Chester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chester, North West
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.6m | £10.9m | £10.3m | £9.9m |
| Cost of sales | £10.6m | £10.7m | £9.2m | £8.7m |
| Gross profit | £960k | £218k | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | −£386k | −£968k | −£105k | −£172k |
| Profit before tax | −£372k | −£840k | £92.1k | £4k |
| Profit after tax | −£372k | −£840k | £92.1k | £4k |
| Profit (best available) | −£372k | −£840k | £92.1k | £4k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £989k |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 30 | 28 | 25 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −3.2% | −7.7% | 0.9% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 8.3% | 2% | 11.3% | 11.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £413k | £363k | £369k | £395k |
| Profit per employee | −£13.3k | −£28k | £3.3k | £161 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.7% | ▼5.2% | ▼4.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼95.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▼6.7% | ▼10.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £442k | £351k | £483k | £426k |
| Net assets | £5.9m | £5.1m | £5.2m | £5.2m |
| Fixed assets | £489k | £404k | £407k | £1m |
| Current assets | £8.5m | £7.2m | £7.4m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £1.1m | £774k | £634k |
| Deferred income | £333k | £356k | £300k | £253k |
| Cash from operations | £44k | −£211k | −£12.1k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £395k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £161
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- 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 £5.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼12%
- Now £426k
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- ▼16%
- Now £253k
- Fixed assets
- ▲156%
- Now £1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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