Caladanian Ltd
Registered name: CALADANIAN LTD
Part of DLD Enterprises Ltd groupCaladanian Ltd made £20m revenue and £53.5k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Caladanian Ltd’s revenue fell 18% to £20m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £53.5k profit and 7 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of meat and meat products” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2006
- 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 | 25 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.2m | £24.4m | £20m |
| Cost of sales | £17.2m | £20.8m | £16.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £3.6m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £2.7m | £351k |
| Profit before tax | £801k | £2.3m | £53.9k |
| Profit after tax | £648k | £2.3m | £53.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £648k | £2.3m | £53.5k |
| Staff costs | £204k | £160k | £163k |
| Employees (average) | — | 7 | 7 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 9.4% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 10.8% | 14.6% | 17.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £3.5m | £2.9m |
| Profit per employee | — | £326k | £7.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲26.9% | ▼17.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲252.8% | ▼97.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £1.1m | £609k |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £4.9m | £4.4m |
| Current assets | £11.7m | £9.8m | £10.5m |
| Debtors | £344k | £924k | £472k |
| Deferred income | £283k | £753k | £236k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.9m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.6k
- 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
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- 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
- ▼10%
- Now £4.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼44%
- Now £609k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- ▼69%
- Now £236k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- DLD Enterprises Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Caladanian Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 2024 (profit £53.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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