Stourgarden Limited
Registered name: STOURGARDEN LIMITED
Stourgarden Limited made £2.4m profit in the year to 26 Jul 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Stourgarden Limited reported £2.4m profit in the year to 26 Jul 2025, up 21% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 385 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Colchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colchester, East of England
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jul 2022 | 29 Jul 2023 | 27 Jul 2024 | 26 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £54.9m | £77.2m | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £48.7m | £68.8m | — | — |
| Gross profit | £6.2m | £8.3m | — | — |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £2.4m | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £2.4m | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £1.7m | £2m | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £1.7m | £2m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 313 | 345 | 362 | 385 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | 2.2% | — | — |
| Gross margin | 11.4% | 10.8% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £176k | £224k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £6.1k | £5k | £5.4k | £6.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲40.5% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼9% | ▲12.8% | ▲20.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.2% | ▲4.9% | ▲6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.6m | £3.3m | £1.9m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £15.3m | £17.1m | £19m | £21.4m |
| Fixed assets | £8.2m | £8.2m | £7.8m | £21m |
| Current assets | £12.1m | £16.5m | £21m | £20.9m |
| Debtors | £6.9m | £10.4m | £11.5m | £10.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £21.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲52%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 385
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲169%
- Now £21m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 26 Jul 2025 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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