Middleton Associates Limited
Registered name: MIDDLETON ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Part of Middleton Associates Holdings Limited groupMiddleton Associates Limited made £25.1m revenue and £407k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Middleton Associates Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £25.1m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £407k profit and 12 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages” and is based in Oldham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oldham, North West
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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. From the filing: “The company's parent company is Middleton Associates Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.5m | £28.7m | £27.3m | £25.1m |
| Cost of sales | £25.3m | £26.1m | £25.1m | £23m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £2.6m | £2.3m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £714k | £1.1m | £638k | £530k |
| Profit before tax | £679k | £1.1m | £649k | £545k |
| Profit after tax | £536k | £848k | £482k | £407k |
| Profit (best available) | £536k | £848k | £482k | £407k |
| Employees (average) | 17 | 16 | 15 | 12 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.9% | 3% | 1.8% | 1.6% |
| Gross margin | 7.9% | 9% | 8.2% | 8.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Profit per employee | £31.6k | £53k | £32.2k | £33.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.1% | ▼4.6% | ▼8.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲58.1% | ▼43.1% | ▼15.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.9% | ▼6.3% | ▼20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £1.8m | £2.1m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.7m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | £270k | £261k | £517k | £454k |
| Current assets | £7.3m | £8.8m | £7.4m | £7.4m |
| Debtors | £2m | £2m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £33.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.1%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼12%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▼20%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £454k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Middleton Associates Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Middleton Associates 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 Jul 2025 (profit £407k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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