The Real Wrap Co. Ltd
Registered name: THE REAL WRAP CO. LTD
Part of Chetwode Trustees 2 Limited groupThe Real Wrap Co. Ltd made £27.5m revenue and £226k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2023.
The Real Wrap Co. Ltd’s revenue grew 76% to £27.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2023, with £226k profit and 399 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Melton Mowbray; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Melton Mowbray, East Midlands
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.6m | £27.5m |
| Cost of sales | £11.8m | £21.7m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £5.8m |
| Operating profit | −£346k | £200k |
| Profit before tax | −£387k | £136k |
| Profit after tax | −£329k | £226k |
| Profit (best available) | −£329k | £226k |
| Staff costs | £5.6m | £9.2m |
| Employees (average) | 283 | 399 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −2.1% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 24.1% | 21% |
| Revenue per employee | £55.1k | £68.8k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.2k | £566 |
| Cash conversion | — | 1260% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲76.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲41% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £111k | £716k |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £3.5m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £6.2m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £2.6m |
| Deferred income | £412k | £208k |
| Cash from operations | −£305k | £2.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £68.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £566
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 1260%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.6%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲544%
- Now £716k
- Headcount
- ▲41%
- Now 399
- Deferred income
- ▼49%
- Now £208k
- Fixed assets
- ▲66%
- Now £3.5m
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
- Chetwode Trustees 2 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Samworth Brothers (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Samworth Brothers Limited75–100%
- The Real Wrap Co. Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (26)
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- Samworth Brothers (Os) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Samworth Brothers Distribution LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Samworth Brothers Health Care Scheme LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Samworth Brothers Superannuation Scheme Trustee LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tamar Foods LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Flavourists LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Thorpe Butler LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Walker & Son (Leicester) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Walkers (Leicester) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Walkers Deli & Sausage Co. LtdFigures not disclosed
- West Cornwall Food Co LimitedFigures not disclosed
- West Cornwall Pasty Co. LimitedFigures not disclosed
- West Cornwall Pasty Company Franchise LtdFigures not disclosed
- Westward Laboratories LimitedFigures 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 Mar 2023 (profit £226k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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