Winning Blend Limited
Registered name: WINNING BLEND LIMITED
Part of Indigo Food Group Holdings Limited groupWinning Blend Limited made £22.1m revenue and a £156k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Winning Blend Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £22.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £156k and 198 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Pontyclun; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Pontyclun, Wales
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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: “Indigo Food Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 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 | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23m | £24.1m | £27.7m | £24.6m | £22.1m |
| Cost of sales | £17.1m | £19.2m | £19.7m | £17.3m | £16.5m |
| Gross profit | £5.9m | £4.8m | £8m | £7.3m | £5.7m |
| Operating profit | £270k | −£453k | £813k | £774k | −£255k |
| Profit before tax | £246k | −£530k | £720k | £726k | −£319k |
| Profit after tax | £205k | −£211k | £490k | £492k | −£156k |
| Profit (best available) | £205k | −£211k | £490k | £492k | −£156k |
| Staff costs | £6.2m | £6.5m | £6.8m | £6.8m | £6.7m |
| Employees (average) | 201 | 235 | 246 | 223 | 198 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | −0.9% | 1.8% | 2% | −0.7% |
| Gross margin | 25.6% | 20.2% | 28.9% | 29.7% | 25.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £114k | £102k | £112k | £110k | £112k |
| Profit per employee | £1k | −£897 | £2k | £2.2k | −£786 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.6% | ▲15% | ▼11.2% | ▼9.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼202.8% | — | ▲0.4% | ▼131.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.9% | ▲4.7% | ▼9.3% | ▼11.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £683k | £76.1k | £436k | £866k | £647 |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £3.4m | £3.9m | £3.5m | £3.4m |
| Fixed assets | £3.6m | £3.6m | £3.1m | £2.7m | £2.4m |
| Current assets | £5.9m | £7.3m | £7.3m | £6m | £6.4m |
| Debtors | £3.6m | £4.8m | £4.1m | £3.5m | £3.5m |
| Deferred income | £321k | £320k | £407k | £344k | £289k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £112k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£786
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.9%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £3.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £647
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 198
- Deferred income
- ▼16%
- Now £289k
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £2.4m
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
- Indigo Food Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Indigo Food Group Limited75–100%
- Winning Blend Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- B M Foods LimitedRev. £58.7m · Profit £652k
- Edgmond Foods LimitedRev. £32.1m · Profit £1.4m
- Ifg Investco 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 Dec 2025 (profit −£156k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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