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Company No. 02793629 · Incorporated 25 Feb 1993

Natures Aid Ltd

Registered name: NATURES AID LTD

Part of Stada UK Holdings Ltd. group

Natures Aid Ltd made £15.3m revenue and £922k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.

Natures Aid Ltd’s revenue grew 19% to £15.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £922k profit and 92 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Huddersfield; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 10890Manufacture of other food products n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Huddersfield, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
33 yrs · since 1993
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2023

Key figures

Doing more with less
Revenue
£15.3m
Growth ▲19.3%
Profit
£922k
Growth —
Profit margin
6%
Gross 39.3%
Employees
92
Change ▼4.2%
Profit / employee
£10k
Revenue/employee £166k
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 2023
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£12.8m£15.3m
Cost of sales£8m£9.3m
Gross profit£4.9m£6m
Operating profit−£536k£933k
Profit before tax−£537k£930k
Profit after tax−£488k£922k
Profit (best available)−£488k£922k
Employees (average)9692
Ratios
Profit margin−3.8%6%
Gross margin38%39.3%
Revenue per employee£134k£166k
Profit per employee−£5.1k£10k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲19.3%
Headcount growth—▼4.2%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£951k£1.1m
Net assets£13.9m£14.3m
Fixed assets£6.6m£6.9m
Current assets£9.5m£10m
Debtors£3.5m£5m
Deferred income£603k£614k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
39.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£166k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£10k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
44.8%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
32.7%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲3%
Now £14.3m
Cash at bank
▲19%
Now £1.1m
Headcount
▼4%
Now 92
Deferred income
▲2%
Now £614k
Fixed assets
▲4%
Now £6.9m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Stada UK Holdings Ltd.ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Natures Aid Ltdthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (5)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £922k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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