Beechdean Manufacturing Ltd
Registered name: BEECHDEAN MANUFACTURING LTD
Beechdean Manufacturing Ltd made £434k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2026 (revenue not disclosed).
Beechdean Manufacturing Ltd reported £434k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2026, up 29% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 84 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of ice cream” and is based in High Wycombe; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- High Wycombe, South East
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 | 30 Apr 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £24.7m | £26m | — |
| Cost of sales | £16.4m | £22.4m | £18.2m | £20.1m | — |
| Gross profit | — | — | £6.6m | £5.9m | — |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.6m | £492k | — |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.6m | £492k | £436k |
| Profit after tax | £108k | £247k | £1.4m | £337k | £434k |
| Profit (best available) | £108k | £247k | £1.4m | £337k | £434k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £2.9m | £3.8m | £4.8m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 74 | 72 | 76 | 83 | 84 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 5.5% | 1.3% | — |
| Gross margin | — | — | 26.5% | 22.8% | — |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £326k | £313k | — |
| Profit per employee | £1.5k | £3.4k | £18.1k | £4.1k | £5.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −115.3% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲5.1% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲129% | ▲455.7% | ▼75.5% | ▲29.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.7% | ▲5.6% | ▲9.2% | ▲1.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £26.5k | £807k | £1.5m | £628k | £913k |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £3.2m | £4.6m | £4.9m | £5.3m |
| Fixed assets | £3.5m | £3.1m | £1.5m | £1.8m | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £4m | £3.7m | £8.8m | £7.7m | £8.7m |
| Debtors | £71.2k | £1.9k | £1.1k | £1.4k | £103k |
| Deferred income | £662k | £700k | £1.9m | £1m | £857k |
| Cash from operations | −£951k | −£1.7m | −£1.9m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 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
- £5.2k
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £5.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲45%
- Now £913k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 84
- Deferred income
- ▼14%
- Now £857k
- Fixed assets
- ▲40%
- Now £2.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Lovingtons Ice Cream 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 30 Apr 2026 (profit £434k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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