Zahla Supermarket Ltd
Registered name: ZAHLA SUPERMARKET LTD
Zahla Supermarket Ltd made £8.8m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Zahla Supermarket Ltd’s revenue grew 26% to £8.8m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £1.5m profit and 22 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetable juices, mineral water and soft drinks” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active - Proposal to Strike off
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2017
- 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 2021 | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.2m | £5.6m | £6.4m | £7m | £8.8m |
| Cost of sales | £2.7m | £4.3m | £4.5m | £5m | £6.4m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.9m | £2m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | £29.5k | £698k | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £29.2k | £698k | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £26.8k | £700k | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £26.8k | £700k | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 22 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 0.6% | 12.5% | 18.4% | 17.8% | 17.2% |
| Gross margin | 35.8% | 23.8% | 29.8% | 28.9% | 28.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £529k | £372k | £357k | £351k | £402k |
| Profit per employee | £3.4k | £46.7k | £65.6k | £62.6k | £69.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲32% | ▲14.9% | ▲9.3% | ▲26% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2507% | ▲68.7% | ▲6.1% | ▲21.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲87.5% | ▲20% | ▲11.1% | ▲10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £53.6k | £62.6k | £414k | £1.5m | £2.5m |
| Net assets | £96.1k | £796k | £2m | £3.2m | £4.8m |
| Fixed assets | £53.6k | £770k | £1.7m | £1.9m | £2.4m |
| Current assets | £83.6k | £116k | £506k | £1.6m | £2.9m |
| Debtors | £4.2k | £11.4k | £16.4k | £20.4k | £31.3k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £402k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £69.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 27.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▲47%
- Now £4.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲71%
- Now £2.5m
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 22
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲30%
- Now £2.4m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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