Provenance Brands Limited
Registered name: PROVENANCE BRANDS LIMITED
Provenance Brands Limited made £22.2m revenue and £71.8k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Provenance Brands Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £22.2m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £71.8k profit and 312 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Helston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Helston, South West
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.3m | £20.3m | £22.6m | £22.2m |
| Cost of sales | £8.6m | £10m | £11.1m | £10.4m |
| Gross profit | £9.8m | £10.2m | £11.5m | £11.8m |
| Operating profit | £3.2m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £285k |
| Profit before tax | £3m | £1m | £843k | £62k |
| Profit after tax | £2.9m | £1m | £834k | £71.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.9m | £1m | £834k | £71.8k |
| Staff costs | £5.1m | £5.8m | £6.5m | £7.1m |
| Employees (average) | 292 | 306 | 312 | 312 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 15.6% | 5.2% | 3.7% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 53.3% | 50.6% | 50.9% | 53.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £62.7k | £66.2k | £72.3k | £71k |
| Profit per employee | £9.8k | £3.4k | £2.7k | £230 |
| Cash conversion | 26.2% | 126.3% | 173.3% | 452.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.5% | ▲11.4% | ▼1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼63.4% | ▼20.2% | ▼91.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.8% | ▲2% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £96.2k | £86.2k | £218k | £108k |
| Net assets | −£399k | £57.2k | £518k | £590k |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £2.4m |
| Debtors | £6.5k | −£296 | £322 | £733 |
| Cash from operations | £839k | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 53.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £71k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £230
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 452.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £590k
- Cash at bank
- ▼51%
- Now £108k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 312
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £1.1m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Warrens Bakery LimitedRev. £14.5m · Profit −£409k
- Cornish Sea Salt Company LimitedRev. — · Profit £473k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £71.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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