Redcorn Limited
Registered name: REDCORN LIMITED
Part of Redcorn Holdings Limited groupRedcorn Limited made £37.8m revenue and £874k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Redcorn Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £37.8m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £874k profit and 151 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of waste and scrap” and is based in Purfleet-on-Thames; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Purfleet-on-Thames, London
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1992
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £71.1m | £65.3m | £41.2m | £37.8m |
| Cost of sales | £59.7m | £55.8m | £30.1m | £27.7m |
| Gross profit | £11.4m | £9.5m | £11.1m | £10.1m |
| Profit before tax | £3.3m | £2.1m | £1.8m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £2.1m | £1.1m | £874k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £2.1m | £1.1m | £874k |
| Staff costs | £8.5m | £6.4m | £4.8m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 269 | 235 | 174 | 151 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | 3.2% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 16.1% | 14.6% | 27% | 26.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £264k | £278k | £237k | £250k |
| Profit per employee | £9.1k | £8.8k | £6.2k | £5.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.1% | ▼36.9% | ▼8.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼15.5% | ▼47.7% | ▼19.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.6% | ▼26% | ▼13.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5m | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £9.3m | £10.1m | £10.7m | £11.2m |
| Fixed assets | £8.9m | £8.9m | £8.7m | £8.1m |
| Current assets | £9.1m | £7.5m | £7m | £7.5m |
| Debtors | £521k | £82.3k | £1.1m | £289k |
| Deferred income | £153k | £234k | £38.4k | £37.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £250k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £11.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲62%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 151
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £37.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £8.1m
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
- Redcorn Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Redcorn Limitedthis 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 31 May 2025 (profit £874k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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