Cooldelight Desserts Limited
Registered name: COOLDELIGHT DESSERTS LIMITED
Cooldelight Desserts Limited made £21m revenue and £710k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Cooldelight Desserts Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £21m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £710k profit and 14 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of dairy products, eggs and edible oils and fats” and is based in Bury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bury, North West
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 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) | £14.7m | £19.5m | £21.9m | £21m |
| Cost of sales | £12.8m | £17m | £18.2m | £17.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £2.5m | £3.7m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £895k | £1.1m | £2.1m | £986k |
| Profit before tax | £862k | £1m | £2.1m | £964k |
| Profit after tax | £699k | £782k | £1.6m | £710k |
| Profit (best available) | £699k | £782k | £1.6m | £710k |
| Staff costs | £759k | £1m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.8% | 4% | 7.3% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 13% | 12.7% | 17% | 17.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.2m | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.5m |
| Profit per employee | £58.3k | £71.1k | £124k | £50.7k |
| Cash conversion | −78.7% | −50% | −47.4% | −243.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲32.8% | ▲12.3% | ▼4.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲11.8% | ▲105.4% | ▼55.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.3% | ▲18.2% | ▲7.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £21.5k | £7k | £2.6k | £854k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.9m | £3.1m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £5.3m | £6.4m | £6.3m | £5.6m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £4m | £3.4m | £1.9m |
| Cash from operations | −£704k | −£556k | −£1m | −£2.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £50.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −243.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.2%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲33020%
- Now £854k
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £1.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £710k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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