The Ocean Bottle Ltd
Registered name: THE OCEAN BOTTLE LTD
The Ocean Bottle Ltd made £12.3m revenue and a £1.4m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
The Ocean Bottle Ltd’s revenue was £12.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £1.4m and 48 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £8.5m | £12.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £2.5m | £2.8m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £5.9m | £9.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£1.7m | −£1.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£1.8m | −£1.4m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£1.8m | −£1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£1.8m | −£1.4m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.7m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 33 | 45 | 48 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −20.9% | −11.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 70.1% | 77.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £188k | £257k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£39.3k | −£29.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲266.7% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £2.6m | £2.4m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £5.2m | £3.6m | £2.8m |
| Fixed assets | £113k | £81.1k | £62.3k | £58.1k |
| Current assets | £5.4m | £8.4m | £7.2m | £6.6m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.4m | £2.2m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | £517k | £692k | £1.3m | — |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £2.2k | £1.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −11.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 77.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £257k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£29.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.1%
- 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
- —
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 48
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £58.1k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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