Imperial Cash & Carry Limited
Registered name: IMPERIAL CASH & CARRY LIMITED
Imperial Cash & Carry Limited made £62.7m revenue and a £10.8k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Imperial Cash & Carry Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £62.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £10.8k and 34 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages” and is based in Edmonton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edmonton, London
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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: “PMM C&C Holdings Ltd”
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) | £78.1m | £79.2m | £72.6m | £62.7m |
| Cost of sales | £71.6m | £72.5m | £66.5m | £57.4m |
| Gross profit | £6.5m | £6.7m | £6.1m | £5.3m |
| Profit before tax | £74.9k | £3.9m | £3.5m | £977k |
| Profit after tax | −£570k | £3.1m | £2.8m | −£10.8k |
| Profit (best available) | −£570k | £3.1m | £2.8m | −£10.8k |
| Staff costs | £693k | £1.9m | £862k | £880k |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 35 | 35 | 34 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.7% | 3.9% | 3.8% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 8.4% | 8.5% | 8.4% | 8.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.1m | £1.8m |
| Profit per employee | −£16.3k | £88.4k | £78.8k | −£319 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.4% | ▼8.3% | ▼13.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼10.9% | ▼100.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▼2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £1.2m | £2m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £27.8m | £30.5m | £33.2m | £18.2m |
| Fixed assets | £4m | £4m | £3.9m | £3.9m |
| Current assets | £44.4m | £45.5m | £42m | £38.6m |
| Debtors | £808k | £1m | £523k | £551k |
| Cash from operations | £2.2m | £5.7m | £4.5m | £2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.8m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£319
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- 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
- ▼45%
- Now £18.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼15%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £3.9m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£10.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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