Kirwin Brothers Ltd.
Registered name: KIRWIN BROTHERS LTD.
Kirwin Brothers Ltd. made £21.1m revenue and £60.8k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Kirwin Brothers Ltd.’s revenue grew 7% to £21.1m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £60.8k profit and 68 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs” and is based in Grimsby; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Grimsby, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.5m | £19.8m | £21.1m |
| Cost of sales | £21.2m | £18.2m | £19.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.4m | £1.7m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | £413k | £464k | £265k |
| Profit before tax | £311k | £305k | £112k |
| Profit after tax | £247k | £226k | £60.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £247k | £226k | £60.8k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 67 | 70 | 68 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 6.2% | 8.4% | 6.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £337k | £283k | £311k |
| Profit per employee | £3.7k | £3.2k | £894 |
| Cash conversion | −33.7% | 422.4% | −166.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼12.1% | ▲6.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.3% | ▼73.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▼2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £14.9k | £14.4k | £194k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £3.6m | £3.7m |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £3.4m | £4.8m |
| Debtors | £3m | £2.7m | £3.8m |
| Deferred income | — | £584k | £584k |
| Cash from operations | −£139k | £2m | −£441k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £311k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £894
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −166.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.8%
- 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 £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1251%
- Now £194k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 68
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £584k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £3.7m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Jaines & Son (Grimsby) LimitedRev. £18.9m · Profit £291k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £60.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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