Remy Cointreau UK Distribution Limited
Registered name: REMY COINTREAU UK DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
Part of Remy Cointreau S.A. groupRemy Cointreau UK Distribution Limited made £42.2m revenue and £787k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
Remy Cointreau UK Distribution Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £42.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £787k profit and 58 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of perfumes and toilet preparations” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, 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: “Remy Cointreau SA”
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 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £39.7m | £42m | £42.2m |
| Cost of sales | £29.9m | £32.2m | £31.9m |
| Gross profit | £9.8m | £9.8m | £10.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £905k | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £270k | £850k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £201k | £787k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £201k | £787k |
| Staff costs | £4.6m | £5.8m | £6m |
| Employees (average) | 55 | 56 | 58 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 0.5% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | 24.6% | 23.4% | 24.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £722k | £750k | £728k |
| Profit per employee | £20.3k | £3.6k | £13.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.8% | ▲0.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼82% | ▲291.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.8% | ▲3.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £2.9m | £2.3m |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £3.4m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | £212k | £354k | £239k |
| Current assets | £24.1m | £20.4m | £19m |
| Debtors | £7.9m | £9.2m | £10.1m |
| Deferred income | £2.4m | £2.5m | £2.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £728k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.8%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼21%
- Now £2.3m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- ▼8%
- Now £2.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼33%
- Now £239k
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
- Remy Cointreau S.A. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Remy Cointreau UK Limited75–100%
- Remy Cointreau UK Distribution Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Bruichladdich Distillery Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 2024 (profit £787k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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