Amber Beverage UK Limited
Registered name: AMBER BEVERAGE UK LIMITED
Amber Beverage UK Limited made £39.5m revenue and a £2.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Amber Beverage UK Limited’s revenue fell 26% to £39.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £2.1m and 66 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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: “Amber Beverage Group Holdings S.a.r.l.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £53.1m | £39.5m |
| Cost of sales | £45.1m | £33.4m |
| Gross profit | £8m | £6.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£2m | −£2.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£2m | −£2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2m | −£2.1m |
| Staff costs | £4.2m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 76 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −3.7% | −5.4% |
| Gross margin | 15.1% | 15.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £698k | £599k |
| Profit per employee | −£25.7k | −£32.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼25.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼13.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | −£965k | −£3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £44.5k | £9.5k |
| Current assets | £25.5m | £22.6m |
| Debtors | £17.4m | £15.4m |
| Cash from operations | −£907k | £521k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £599k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£32.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 38.9%
- 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
- —
- Now −£3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲25%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼79%
- Now £9.5k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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