The Roasting Company Limited
Registered name: THE ROASTING COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Melbourne Holdings Limited groupThe Roasting Company Limited made £11.4m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
The Roasting Company Limited’s revenue fell 18% to £11.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.6m profit and 34 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Sleaford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sleaford, East Midlands
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2005
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.8m | £15.5m | £13.9m | £11.4m |
| Cost of sales | £12.1m | £12.4m | £9.9m | £7.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £3.1m | £4m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | £2.8m | £1.9m | £2.7m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £1.6m | £2.5m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £1.2m | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £1.2m | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.5m | — |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 34 | 35 | 34 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.8% | 8% | 13.2% | 13.6% |
| Gross margin | 12.3% | 20.1% | 28.9% | 30.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £477k | £455k | £398k | £336k |
| Profit per employee | £70.4k | £36.4k | £52.6k | £45.7k |
| Cash conversion | −142.1% | −162% | −177.3% | −96.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.8% | ▼9.8% | ▼18% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼39.4% | ▲48.9% | ▼15.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.2% | ▲2.9% | ▼2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.8m | £1.7m | £3m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £8.9m | £6.4m | £6.1m | £7.7m |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £2.1m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £10.2m | £8.1m | £7.6m | £7.4m |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £3.2m | £2.6m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | £58.6k | £103k | £485k | £214k |
| Cash from operations | −£4m | −£3.1m | −£4.7m | −£2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £336k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £45.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −96.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.2%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £7.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼29%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- ▼56%
- Now £214k
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £2.1m
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
- Melbourne Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Melbourne Food Group Limited75–100%
- The Roasting Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Chiltern Natural Foods LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JL Priestley Bulk Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Melbourne Construction LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Westmoreland Farms 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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