Hyperama PLC
Registered name: HYPERAMA PLC
Hyperama PLC made £38.4m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026.
Hyperama PLC’s revenue fell 10% to £38.4m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £1.4m profit and 71 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1991
- Type
- Public 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 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £38.8m | £42.7m | £38.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £29.4m | £32.6m | £29.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £9.4m | £9.8m | £8.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £3m | £3.1m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | £371k | £2.9m | £2.7m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | −£237k | £602k | £2.1m | £2m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£237k | £602k | £2.1m | £2m | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | — | £7.1m | £3.3m | £3.2m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 289 | 225 | 87 | 81 | 71 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 5.3% | 4.8% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 24.2% | 22.8% | 22.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £446k | £528k | £541k |
| Profit per employee | −£820 | £2.7k | £23.7k | £25.1k | £19.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 64.7% | 67.7% | 126.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲10.3% | ▼10.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲242.4% | ▼1.5% | ▼33% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼22.1% | ▼61.3% | ▼6.9% | ▼12.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £437k | £69k | £1.1m | £126k | £68k |
| Net assets | £14.4m | £14.9m | £16.8m | £20.6m | £21.6m |
| Fixed assets | £13m | £9.2m | £9m | £6.5m | £6.6m |
| Current assets | £26.6m | £20.2m | — | — | — |
| Debtors | £8.1m | £5.3m | £6.4m | £5.7m | £5.2m |
| Deferred income | £1.6m | £1.2m | £862k | £555k | £892k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£16.2m | £2m | £2.1m | £2.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £541k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 126.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.5%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £21.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼46%
- Now £68k
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 71
- Deferred income
- ▲61%
- Now £892k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £6.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- JK Foods (1976) 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 Jan 2026 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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