The Drinks Club Ltd
Registered name: THE DRINKS CLUB LTD
The Drinks Club Ltd made £38.5m revenue and £8.9k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
The Drinks Club Ltd’s revenue grew 9% to £38.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £8.9k profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages” and is based in Hayes; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hayes, 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.5m | £38.5m |
| Cost of sales | £30.1m | £33.2m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £259k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £185k |
| Profit after tax | £804k | £8.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £804k | £8.9k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 42 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 15.3% | 14% |
| Revenue per employee | £986k | £918k |
| Profit per employee | £22.3k | £212 |
| Cash conversion | −89% | −448.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼98.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £421k | £440k |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £9.3m | £9.8m |
| Debtors | £4m | £4.4m |
| Deferred income | £60.6k | £159k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | −£1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £918k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £212
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −448.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- 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
- 11.5%
- 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
- ▼24%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲5%
- Now £440k
- Headcount
- ▲17%
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- ▲163%
- Now £159k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £1.9m
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 31 Dec 2024 (profit £8.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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