Elixir Distillers Ltd
Registered name: ELIXIR DISTILLERS LTD
Part of Elixir Group Holdings Limited groupElixir Distillers Ltd made £14.5m revenue and a £4m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Elixir Distillers Ltd’s revenue grew 13% to £14.5m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £4m and 62 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
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) | £5.8m | £21.8m | £12.9m | £14.5m |
| Cost of sales | £2.7m | £9.2m | £7.6m | £8.7m |
| Gross profit | £3.1m | £12.5m | £5.3m | £5.8m |
| Operating profit | £469k | £5.8m | −£3.1m | −£4m |
| Profit before tax | −£468k | £2.1m | −£7.1m | −£5m |
| Profit after tax | −£347k | £2.7m | −£5.4m | −£4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£347k | £2.7m | −£5.4m | −£4m |
| Staff costs | — | £2.2m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 35 | 54 | 62 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −6% | 12.5% | −41.7% | −27.3% |
| Gross margin | 53.7% | 57.6% | 41.2% | 40.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £262k | £622k | £239k | £234k |
| Profit per employee | −£15.8k | £77.7k | −£99.4k | −£64k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲277.9% | ▼40.9% | ▲12.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼297.3% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲59.1% | ▲54.3% | ▲14.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £995k | £874k | £994k | £2.1m |
| Net assets | −£340k | £103m | £148m | £174m |
| Fixed assets | £8.9m | £135m | £103m | £130m |
| Current assets | £42.7m | £81m | £102m | £111m |
| Debtors | £915k | £8.9m | £2.1m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | — | £4.3m | £3.8m | £3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −27.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £234k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£64k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 895.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 21%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.1%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £174m
- Cash at bank
- ▲114%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- ▼20%
- Now £3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲26%
- Now £130m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Elixir Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Elixir Distillers Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Elixir Western Avenue LtdFigures not disclosed
- Islay Distillery Co. LtdFigures not disclosed
- Tormore Estate LtdFigures not disclosed
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 −£4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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