Unicorn Ingredients Ltd
Registered name: UNICORN INGREDIENTS LTD
Part of Uni Holdings 1 Ltd groupUnicorn Ingredients Ltd made £44.3m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Unicorn Ingredients Ltd’s revenue grew 15% to £44.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £2.1m profit and 19 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs” and is based in Esher; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Esher, London
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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: “Uni Holdings 1 Ltd”
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 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £33.8m | £35.9m | £36m | £38.6m | £44.3m |
| Cost of sales | £31.2m | £32.9m | £32m | £35.1m | £38.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £2.9m | £4m | £3.5m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £744k | −£248k | £2m | £1.2m | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | £673k | −£436k | £1.8m | £1m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £545k | −£436k | £1.4m | £770k | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £545k | −£436k | £1.4m | £770k | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £802k | £811k | £869k | £1m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | −1.2% | 4% | 2% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | 7.7% | 8.2% | 11% | 9.2% | 12.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £2m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Profit per employee | £32.1k | −£25.6k | £84.9k | £42.8k | £108k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.2% | ▲0.4% | ▲7.3% | ▲14.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼179.9% | — | ▼46.6% | ▲166.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲5.9% | ▲5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £552k | £1.6m | £2m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £49.8k | £41k | £39.9k | £37.8k | £46.8k |
| Current assets | £12.6m | £13.1m | £13.3m | £15m | £14.6m |
| Debtors | £4.8m | £5.8m | £5.1m | £5.9m | £6.8m |
| Deferred income | £1m | £521k | £755k | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £108k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.4%
- 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
- ▲32%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲22%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 19
- Deferred income
- ▲15%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲24%
- Now £46.8k
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
- Uni Holdings 1 Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Unicorn Ingredients Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Leon Lettings 1 LtdFigures not disclosed
- Unicorn Overseas 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 Mar 2026 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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