Natural Instinct Limited
Registered name: NATURAL INSTINCT LIMITED
Part of The Nutriment Company Holding Limited groupNatural Instinct Limited made £11.9m revenue and £343k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Natural Instinct Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £11.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £343k profit. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Camberley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Camberley, South East
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11m | £12m | £12.2m | £11.9m |
| Cost of sales | £6m | £6.5m | −£6.2m | −£6.2m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £5.5m | £6m | £5.7m |
| Operating profit | £840k | £954k | £1.4m | £381k |
| Profit before tax | £889k | £1m | £1.4m | £343k |
| Profit after tax | £776k | £776k | £1.1m | £343k |
| Profit (best available) | £776k | £776k | £1.1m | £343k |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £1.8m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 47 | 48 | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7% | 6.5% | 9.2% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | 45.3% | 45.6% | 49.1% | 48% |
| Revenue per employee | £234k | £249k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £16.5k | £16.2k | — | — |
| Cash conversion | −137.4% | −75.6% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.8% | ▲1.7% | ▼2.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲0.1% | ▲44.2% | ▼69.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.1% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £809k | £633k | — | — |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £3.1m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £613k | £640k | — | — |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £3.5m | — | — |
| Debtors | £273k | £257k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £205k | £140k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£1.2m | −£721k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Nutriment Company Holding Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Natural Instinct Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (10)
- Pet Treats Wholesale LimitedRev. £8.8m · Profit £571k
- The Nutriment Company UK I LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£249k
- Discount Pet Foods LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nova Dog Chews LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Purrform LtdFigures not disclosed
- The Dogs Butcher LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Nutriment Company UK VIII LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Totally Natural LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Yorkshire Raw Feeds LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Your Pet Nutrition LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £343k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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