Ahmed Bros Limited
Registered name: AHMED BROS LIMITED
Ahmed Bros Limited made £17.3m revenue and £882k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Ahmed Bros Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £17.3m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £882k profit and 29 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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: “The company is controls by S Ahmed by virtue of his controlling share holding.”
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.2m | £15.1m | £16.8m | £17.3m |
| Cost of sales | £11.6m | £13.3m | £14.3m | £14.2m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £1.8m | £2.5m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £762k | £891k | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £712k | £1m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £583k | £810k | £906k | £882k |
| Profit (best available) | £583k | £810k | £906k | £882k |
| Staff costs | £316k | £429k | £569k | £574k |
| Employees (average) | 21 | 24 | 27 | 29 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.4% | 5.3% | 5.4% | 5.1% |
| Gross margin | 12.3% | 12.2% | 15.1% | 18% |
| Revenue per employee | £630k | £630k | £622k | £597k |
| Profit per employee | £27.8k | £33.7k | £33.6k | £30.4k |
| Cash conversion | −141.6% | −94.5% | −100.3% | −66.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▲11.1% | ▲3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲38.9% | ▲11.9% | ▼2.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▲12.5% | ▲7.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £873k | £513k | £1.9m | £811k |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £2.2m | £3m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £3m | £3.7m | £3.9m | £4.8m |
| Current assets | £2.4m | £2.8m | £4.3m | £4.1m |
| Debtors | £180k | £42.5k | £107k | £575k |
| Deferred income | £10.3k | £26.1k | £36.3k | £80.5k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | −£842k | −£1.3m | −£970k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £597k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £30.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −66.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 27.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼56%
- Now £811k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 29
- Deferred income
- ▲122%
- Now £80.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▲24%
- Now £4.8m
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)
- Eastland Farm LtdFigures 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 Jul 2025 (profit £882k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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