Nabco Group Limited
Registered name: NABCO GROUP LIMITED
Part of Trides Holdings Limited groupNabco Group Limited made £8.5m revenue and £347k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Nabco Group Limited’s revenue was £8.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £347k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other machinery and equipment” and is based in ST. Albans; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Albans, East of England
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 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) | £8.2m | £8.7m | £11.6m | £8.5m |
| Cost of sales | £6.2m | £6.6m | £8.2m | £6.1m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £2.1m | £3.4m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £548k | £476k | £782k | £660k |
| Profit before tax | £445k | £311k | £516k | £481k |
| Profit after tax | £342k | £269k | £375k | £347k |
| Profit (best available) | £342k | £269k | £375k | £347k |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.2% | 3.1% | 3.2% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | 24.2% | 24.3% | 29.3% | 27.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.4m | £2.2m | £2.9m | £2.1m |
| Profit per employee | £57k | £67.2k | £93.7k | £86.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.3% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼21.4% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼33.3% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £11.5k | £16.4k | £1.5k | £41.4k |
| Net assets | £7k | £9.9k | £35.3k | £160k |
| Fixed assets | £450k | £431k | £430k | £401k |
| Current assets | £688k | £32.8k | £692k | £141k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £86.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- —
- Now £160k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £41.4k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £401k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Trides Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Nabco Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Nabco Direct LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nabco Sales 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £347k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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