Applied Nutrition PLC
Registered name: APPLIED NUTRITION PLC
Applied Nutrition PLC made £86.2m revenue and £18.7m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2024.
Applied Nutrition PLC’s revenue grew 42% to £86.2m in the year to 31 Jul 2024, with £18.7m profit. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Public 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.2m | £60.8m | £86.2m |
| Cost of sales | £18.6m | −£33.8m | −£44.9m |
| Gross profit | £16.6m | £27m | £41.3m |
| Operating profit | £9.8m | £17.7m | £23.8m |
| Profit before tax | £9.8m | £17.7m | £24.5m |
| Profit after tax | £8.1m | £13.6m | £18.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £8.1m | £13.6m | £18.7m |
| Employees (average) | 87 | 136 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 22.9% | 22.4% | 21.8% |
| Gross margin | 47.1% | 44.4% | 47.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £405k | £447k | — |
| Profit per employee | £92.9k | £100k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲72.5% | ▲41.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲68.7% | ▲37.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲56.3% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £5.4m | £12.3m | — |
| Net assets | £14.7m | £30.1m | — |
| Fixed assets | £715k | £1.3m | — |
| Current assets | £19.1m | £37.7m | — |
| Debtors | £5.9m | £10.9m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2024 (profit £18.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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