Numerco Limited
Registered name: NUMERCO LIMITED
Numerco Limited made £122m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Numerco Limited’s revenue grew 86% to £122m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £1.8m profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £61.3m | £65.7m | £122m |
| Cost of sales | £52.3m | £58.2m | £116m |
| Gross profit | £9.1m | £7.5m | £5.8m |
| Operating profit | £6m | £5m | £3.3m |
| Profit before tax | £5.9m | £5.6m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £4.7m | £4.2m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.7m | £4.2m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £980k | £831k | £556k |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.7% | 6.4% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 14.8% | 11.4% | 4.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £10.2m | £10.9m | £20.3m |
| Profit per employee | £784k | £696k | £296k |
| Cash conversion | −131.3% | −132.5% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7% | ▲85.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼11.3% | ▼57.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.6m | £5m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £9.8m | £9.6m | £9.1m |
| Fixed assets | £21.3k | £16.2k | £250k |
| Current assets | £14.5m | £12.1m | £8.9m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £466k | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £3m | £2.2m | £3k |
| Cash from operations | −£7.9m | −£6.6m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £20.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £296k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £9.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼56%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £3k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1441%
- Now £250k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Similar profitable businesses
- Speedy Fuels LimitedBury · Agents involved in the sale of fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals
- Revenue
- £124m
- Profit
- £1.9m
- Staff
- 71
- C.P.S. Fuels LimitedLondon · Agents involved in the sale of fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals
- Revenue
- £81.7m
- Profit
- £1.8m
- Staff
- 14
- Umicore UK LtdHertford · Agents involved in the sale of fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals
- Revenue
- £79.4m
- Profit
- £1.1m
- Staff
- 14
- Lindsay Blee & Co. LimitedHenley-on-Thames · Agents involved in the sale of fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals
- Revenue
- £198m
- Profit
- £2.5m
- Staff
- 20
- Western Fuel LimitedHighbridge · Agents involved in the sale of fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals
- Revenue
- £70.7m
- Profit
- £1.9m
- Staff
- 56
- Exelby Services LimitedNorthallerton · Agents involved in the sale of fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals
- Revenue
- £66.8m
- Profit
- £4m
- Staff
- 119
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.