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Company No. 07849130 · Incorporated 16 Nov 2011

Camstar Ingredients Limited

Registered name: CAMSTAR INGREDIENTS LIMITED

Part of Starke Industries Limited group

Camstar Ingredients Limited made £15.6m revenue and a £241k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.

Camstar Ingredients Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £15.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £241k and 80 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of condiments and seasonings” and is based in Eye; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 10840Manufacture of condiments and seasonings
Status
Active
Location
Eye, East of England
Age
14 yrs · since 2011
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: “The ultimate parent company is Starke Industries Limited.Registered Office : Chestnuts Farm, Langton Green, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7HL”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Cash flow filed
Revenue
£15.6m
Growth ▼5.8%
Profit
−£241k
Growth ▼120.4%
Profit margin
−1.6%
Gross 19.5%
Employees
80
Change ▲17.6%
Profit / employee
−£3k
Revenue/employee £195k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£12.3m£13.8m£16.5m£15.6m
Cost of sales£9.4m£12m£12.7m£12.6m
Gross profit£2.9m£1.8m£3.8m£3m
Operating profit£1m−£561k£1.5m−£98.6k
Profit before tax£970k−£662k£1.3m−£236k
Profit after tax£756k−£804k£1.2m−£241k
Profit (best available)£756k−£804k£1.2m−£241k
Staff costs£2.5m£3.2m£3.1m£3.6m
Employees (average)52636880
Ratios
Profit margin6.2%−5.8%7.1%−1.6%
Gross margin23.4%12.7%23%19.5%
Revenue per employee£236k£219k£243k£195k
Profit per employee£14.5k−£12.8k£17.4k−£3k
Cash conversion−102.3%—−108.9%—
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲12.4%▲20%▼5.8%
Profit growth—▼206.4%—▼120.4%
Headcount growth—▲21.1%▲7.9%▲17.6%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£113k£4.3k£38.9k£0
Net assets£2.2m£1.4m£2.6m£2.4m
Fixed assets£1.8m£2.3m£2.7m£2.7m
Current assets£4.7m£4.1m£4.7m£4.6m
Debtors£1.9m£1.6m£2.3m£2.1m
Cash from operations−£1m−£392k−£1.6m−£47.2k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−1.6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
19.5%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£195k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£3k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
17.2%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
13.7%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼9%
Now £2.4m
Cash at bank
▼100%
Now £0
Headcount
▲18%
Now 80
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▲0%
Now £2.7m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Starke Industries Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Camstar Herbs Limited75–100%
  3. Camstar Ingredients Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

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 2025 (profit −£241k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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