Derby Ingredients Limited
Registered name: DERBY INGREDIENTS LIMITED
Derby Ingredients Limited made £21.7m revenue and £523k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Derby Ingredients Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £21.7m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £523k profit and 30 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Harrow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Harrow, London
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 controlling party is Mr E Emanuel.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 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) | £17.7m | £17.7m | £22.6m | £21.7m |
| Cost of sales | £15.5m | £15.4m | £19.5m | £19m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £2.3m | £3.1m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.5m | £851k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £985k | £1.4m | £693k |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £793k | £1.1m | £523k |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £793k | £1.1m | £523k |
| Staff costs | £623k | £724k | £897k | £880k |
| Employees (average) | — | 27 | 25 | 30 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.7% | 4.5% | 4.7% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | 12.5% | 12.8% | 13.8% | 12.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £656k | £906k | £724k |
| Profit per employee | — | £29.4k | £42.2k | £17.4k |
| Cash conversion | −23.5% | −9% | −15.4% | −75.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.1% | ▲27.8% | ▼4.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼21.9% | ▲33% | ▼50.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼7.4% | ▲20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £151k | £214k | £122k | £461k |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £3.1m | £4m | £4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £8.8k | £8.7k | £8.9k | £9.7k |
| Current assets | £5.6m | £6.5m | £9.2m | £8.3m |
| Debtors | £3m | £2.2m | £2.7m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £49.5k | £71.4k | £92.4k | £97.1k |
| Cash from operations | −£275k | −£95.6k | −£232k | −£644k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £724k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −75.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £4.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲279%
- Now £461k
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £97.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £9.7k
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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £523k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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