On a Roll Sandwich Company Limited
Registered name: ON A ROLL SANDWICH COMPANY LIMITED
On a Roll Sandwich Company Limited made £41m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
On a Roll Sandwich Company Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £41m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £2.4m profit and 287 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Middlesbrough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Middlesbrough, North East
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2006
- 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 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.2m | £30.5m | £39.6m | £41m |
| Cost of sales | £14.1m | £23.5m | £30.8m | £31.6m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £7.1m | £8.7m | £9.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £2.3m | £3.3m | £3.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £2.3m | £3.3m | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.9m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.9m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Staff costs | £4.6m | £5.5m | £7.1m | £8.3m |
| Employees (average) | 232 | 238 | 253 | 287 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.8% | 6.3% | 6% | 5.9% |
| Gross margin | 26.4% | 23.1% | 22.1% | 22.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £82.8k | £128k | £156k | £143k |
| Profit per employee | £5.6k | £8.1k | £9.3k | £8.4k |
| Cash conversion | 78.8% | 52.2% | 48% | 61% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲58.9% | ▲29.7% | ▲3.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲48.1% | ▲22.8% | ▲2.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▲6.3% | ▲13.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £1.4m | £2.3m | £3.9m |
| Net assets | £5.4m | £7.2m | £9.4m | £11.6m |
| Fixed assets | £4.3m | £4.5m | £4.3m | £4m |
| Current assets | £6.5m | £8.2m | £10m | £12.1m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £3.6m | £4.5m | £4.9m |
| Deferred income | £318k | £420k | £420k | £498k |
| Cash from operations | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.6m | £2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £143k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 61%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.7%
- 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
- 11.9%
- 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
- ▲24%
- Now £11.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲68%
- Now £3.9m
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 287
- Deferred income
- ▲19%
- Now £498k
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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