Otterdene Limited
Registered name: OTTERDENE LIMITED
Part of Otterdene Group Ltd groupOtterdene Limited made £13.6m revenue and £2.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Otterdene Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £13.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.8m profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Cullompton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cullompton, South West
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.8m | £10.4m | £10.8m | £13.6m |
| Cost of sales | £6.5m | £5.7m | £5.2m | £6.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.3m | £4.7m | £5.7m | £7.5m |
| Operating profit | £3.5m | £2.7m | £3.1m | £3.7m |
| Profit before tax | £3.5m | £2.7m | £3.1m | £3.7m |
| Profit after tax | £2.8m | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.8m | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.8m |
| Staff costs | £945k | £1.1m | £1.3m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 38 | 42 | 50 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 23.8% | 19.9% | 21.3% | 20.4% |
| Gross margin | 45% | 45.5% | 52.2% | 54.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £318k | £273k | £258k | £272k |
| Profit per employee | £75.8k | £54.4k | £55k | £55.6k |
| Cash conversion | −67.9% | −90.4% | −117.1% | −67.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.8% | ▲4.3% | ▲25.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼26.3% | ▲11.9% | ▲20.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.7% | ▲10.5% | ▲19.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4m | £2.6m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £7.2m | £6.2m | £4.6m | £5.8m |
| Fixed assets | £613k | £748k | £830k | £752k |
| Current assets | £8m | £6.4m | £5.7m | £6.6m |
| Debtors | £713k | £805k | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £62.3k | £14.2k | £25.5k | £21.9k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.4m | −£2.4m | −£3.6m | −£2.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 54.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £272k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £55.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −67.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.6%
- 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 £5.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼14%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲19%
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- ▼14%
- Now £21.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £752k
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
- Otterdene Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Otterdene Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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