Omega Ingredients Limited
Registered name: OMEGA INGREDIENTS LIMITED
Part of Robertet S.A. groupOmega Ingredients Limited made £7.8m revenue and a £346k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Omega Ingredients Limited’s revenue was £7.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £346k and 44 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Great Blakenham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Great Blakenham, East of England
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 Aug 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.8m | £11.2m | £7.8m |
| Cost of sales | £3.8m | £5.6m | £3.8m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £5.6m | £4m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £376k | −£311k |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £376k | −£311k |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £267k | −£346k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £267k | −£346k |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £2.9m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 41 | 44 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 17.3% | 2.4% | −4.4% |
| Gross margin | 56.5% | 50% | 51.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £259k | £273k | £177k |
| Profit per employee | £44.8k | £6.5k | −£7.9k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £921k | £175k | £280k |
| Net assets | £3.7m | £2.9m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £650k | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £4.4m | £3.7m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £196k | £94.4k | £169k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £177k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£7.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.2%
- 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 £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £280k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 44
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £169k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £1.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Robertet S.A. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Maverick Active Holdings Limited75–100%
- Omega Ingredients Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Maverick Innovations LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures 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 Dec 2023 (profit −£346k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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