Stablewood Limited
Registered name: STABLEWOOD LIMITED
Part of CDH Matur Holdings Limited groupStablewood Limited made £51m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Stablewood Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £51m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.5m profit and 51 employees. The company is classified under “other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £47.4m | £51.2m | £53.8m | £51m |
| Cost of sales | £43.2m | £46.8m | £49.1m | £46.5m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £4.4m | £4.7m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £2m | £9.5m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £2m | £9.5m | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £1.6m | £7m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £1.6m | £7m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 56 | 54 | 51 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | 3.2% | 13.1% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | 9% | 8.6% | 8.7% | 8.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £818k | £914k | £996k | £999k |
| Profit per employee | £28.5k | £29.2k | £130k | £28.9k |
| Cash conversion | −34.5% | −92.3% | −11.1% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8% | ▲5% | ▼5.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1.2% | ▲329.9% | ▼79% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▼3.6% | ▼5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £2.5m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £12.7m | £14.1m | £20.9m | £22.1m |
| Fixed assets | £7.3m | £9m | £16.8m | £16.8m |
| Current assets | £17m | £18.4m | £17.3m | £18.1m |
| Debtors | £5.5m | £7m | £7.4m | £7.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£653k | −£1.9m | −£1.1m | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £999k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £28.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 32.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.1%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £22.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 51
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £16.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- CDH Matur Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Stablewood Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Holland Bazaar LimitedRev. £159m · Profit £2.6m
- La Luna LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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