Chilly's Bottles Limited
Registered name: CHILLY'S BOTTLES LIMITED
Chilly's Bottles Limited made £18.3m revenue and £325k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Chilly's Bottles Limited’s revenue fell 20% to £18.3m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £325k profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments)” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £28.8m | £24.5m | £22.8m | £18.3m |
| Cost of sales | £24.6m | £16.2m | £15.3m | £11.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.2m | £8.3m | £7.6m | £6.3m |
| Operating profit | −£1.2m | £1.5m | £829k | £286k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.2m | £1.6m | £1m | £409k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.2m | £1.7m | £800k | £325k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.2m | £1.7m | £800k | £325k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 57 | 56 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −4.2% | 6.8% | 3.5% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 14.7% | 33.9% | 33.1% | 34.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £639k | £430k | £407k | £332k |
| Profit per employee | −£27k | £29.1k | £14.3k | £5.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | 284.9% | −283.7% | 690.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14.9% | ▼6.8% | ▼20% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼51.8% | ▼59.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲26.7% | ▼1.8% | ▼1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.7m | £7.3m | £4.5m | £5.4m |
| Net assets | £13.4m | £14.6m | £15m | £14.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.2m | £922k | £759k |
| Current assets | £15.7m | £16.2m | £16.6m | £15.4m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1m | £1.1m | £885k |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £960k | £954k | £701k |
| Cash from operations | −£3.8m | £4.4m | −£2.4m | £2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £332k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 690.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £14.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲20%
- Now £5.4m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- ▼27%
- Now £701k
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £759k
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 Jul 2025 (profit £325k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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