A1 Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Company
Registered name: A1 PHARMACEUTICALS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Part of A1 Pharmaceuticals Holdings Limited groupA1 Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Company made £60.1m revenue and £2.7m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
A1 Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Company’s revenue grew 7% to £60.1m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £2.7m profit and 52 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of pharmaceutical goods” and is based in Rainham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rainham, London
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- Type
- Public 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £53.7m | £57m | £56m | £60.1m |
| Cost of sales | £46.3m | £50.8m | £49.6m | £52.9m |
| Gross profit | £7.4m | £6.1m | £6.4m | £7.2m |
| Operating profit | £3.8m | £2.9m | £2m | £3.2m |
| Profit before tax | £3.9m | £3.1m | £2.3m | £3.4m |
| Profit after tax | £3.2m | £2.6m | £1.6m | £2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.2m | £2.6m | £1.6m | £2.7m |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2m | £2.8m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 52 | 50 | 52 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.9% | 4.5% | 2.9% | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | 13.7% | 10.8% | 11.4% | 11.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | £77.2k | £49.3k | £31.9k | £51.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.2% | ▼1.7% | ▲7.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼19.1% | ▼37.8% | ▲66.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲26.8% | ▼3.9% | ▲4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £11.3m | £7.7m | £3.8m | £7.8m |
| Net assets | £16m | £16.4m | £16.4m | £16.4m |
| Fixed assets | £390k | £474k | £469k | £476k |
| Current assets | £25.9m | £24.1m | £20.6m | £24.4m |
| Debtors | £10m | £11.3m | £10.3m | £10.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £51.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.2%
- 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 £16.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲104%
- Now £7.8m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £476k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- A1 Pharmaceuticals Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- A1 Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Companythis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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