Carpigiani U.K. Limited
Registered name: CARPIGIANI U.K. LIMITED
Carpigiani U.K. Limited made £16.5m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Carpigiani U.K. Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £16.5m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.1m profit and 44 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing” and is based in Hereford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hereford, West Midlands
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- Type
- Private 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 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.3m | £16.2m | £16.5m |
| Cost of sales | £11.4m | £11.5m | £11.2m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £4.6m | £5.3m |
| Operating profit | £814k | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £933k | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £701k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £701k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 38 | 44 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.6% | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| Gross margin | 25.8% | 28.6% | 32.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £438k | £426k | £375k |
| Profit per employee | £20k | £28.8k | £25.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.5% | ▲1.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲56.1% | ▲2.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.6% | ▲15.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £56.8k | £473k | £396k |
| Net assets | £4.7m | £5.8m | £7m |
| Fixed assets | £256k | £505k | £1m |
| Current assets | £8.4m | £10.5m | £12m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £2.7m | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £375k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £25.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼16%
- Now £396k
- Headcount
- ▲16%
- Now 44
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲101%
- Now £1m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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