Whiskey (Topco) Limited
Registered name: WHISKEY (TOPCO) LIMITED
Part of Lonsdale Capital Partners GP LLP groupWhiskey (Topco) Limited made £28.6m revenue and a £2.2m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
Whiskey (Topco) Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £28.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with a loss of £2.2m and 416 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Sheffield
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2017
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 2 Apr 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 2 Apr 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.2m | £28m | £28m | £28.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£3.8m | −£5.4m | −£5.4m | −£5.5m |
| Gross profit | £13.5m | £22.6m | £22.6m | £23.1m |
| Operating profit | −£516k | £1.5m | £29k | −£416k |
| Profit before tax | −£514k | £31k | £31k | −£2.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£514k | £31k | £31k | −£2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£514k | £31k | £31k | −£2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 269 | 404 | 404 | 416 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | −7.7% |
| Gross margin | 78.2% | 80.8% | 80.8% | 80.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £64.1k | £69.3k | £69.3k | £68.8k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.9k | £77 | £77 | −£5.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲62.4% | — | ▲2.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼7242% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲50.2% | — | ▲3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 80.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £68.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now 416
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lonsdale Capital Partners GP LLPultimate parent50–75%
- Whiskey (Topco) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Mobility Group Topco LimitedRev. £36.2m · Profit −£1.6m
- East Street (Top Co) Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Elite Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit −£2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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