Linroyale Potatoes Ltd
Registered name: LINROYALE POTATOES LTD
Linroyale Potatoes Ltd made £10.2m revenue and £316k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Linroyale Potatoes Ltd’s revenue fell 23% to £10.2m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £316k profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers” and is based in Doncaster; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.6m | £13.2m | £10.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £8.4m | £10.5m | £8.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.2m | £2.7m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | — | £333k | £903k | £312k |
| Profit before tax | — | £321k | £864k | £251k |
| Profit after tax | — | £218k | £602k | £316k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £218k | £602k | £316k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 44 | 40 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 2.1% | 4.6% | 3.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 20.7% | 20.4% | 17.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £241k | £330k | £276k |
| Profit per employee | — | £5k | £15k | £8.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | −213.2% | −117.8% | −195.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲24.6% | ▼22.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲176.1% | ▼47.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.9% | ▼9.1% | ▼7.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £34.2k | £186k | £0 |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £2.7m | £3.3m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £4.3m | £4.2m | £4.9m | £5.3m |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £2.4m | £2.8m | £2.2m |
| Debtors | £796k | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£709k | −£1.1m | −£611k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £276k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −195.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 52.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.5%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £5.3m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £316k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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