Cannington Enterprises Limited
Registered name: CANNINGTON ENTERPRISES LIMITED
Cannington Enterprises Limited made £19.4m revenue and £2.6m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Cannington Enterprises Limited’s revenue grew 24% to £19.4m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £2.6m profit and 49 employees. The company is classified under “growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds” and is based in Bridgwater; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bridgwater, South West
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.9m | £17.4m | £15.7m | £19.4m |
| Cost of sales | £10.8m | £12.3m | £12.7m | £13.8m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £5.2m | £3m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £4.3m | £3.8m | £1.4m | £4.1m |
| Profit before tax | £4m | £3.5m | £792k | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £3.4m | £2.9m | £357k | £2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.4m | £2.9m | £357k | £2.6m |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.7m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 42 | 45 | 49 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 21.5% | 16.7% | 2.3% | 13.2% |
| Gross margin | 32.1% | 29.6% | 19% | 28.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £379k | £415k | £349k | £396k |
| Profit per employee | £81.4k | £69.2k | £7.9k | £52.2k |
| Cash conversion | −124.4% | −143.9% | −105.9% | −119.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.4% | ▼9.8% | ▲23.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼15% | ▼87.7% | ▲616.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲7.1% | ▲8.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £10.5k | £8.5k | £1.6k | £821k |
| Net assets | £12.1m | £15m | £15.3m | £17.4m |
| Fixed assets | £16.6m | £20.7m | £23m | £28.1m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £65.3k | £107k | £333k | £248k |
| Cash from operations | −£5.3m | −£5.5m | −£1.4m | −£4.9m |
| 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
- 13.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £396k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £52.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −119.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 144.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.3%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £17.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲51560%
- Now £821k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- ▼25%
- Now £248k
- Fixed assets
- ▲22%
- Now £28.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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