GB Best Trade Ltd
Registered name: GB BEST TRADE LTD
GB Best Trade Ltd made £2.9m revenue and £710k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2024.
GB Best Trade Ltd’s revenue grew 35% to £2.9m in the year to 30 Apr 2024, with £710k profit and 11 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetable juices, mineral water and soft drinks” and is based in Waltham Cross; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active - Proposal to Strike off
- Location
- Waltham Cross, East of England
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £2.1m | £2.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £1m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | £601k | £866k |
| Profit after tax | — | £487k | £710k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £487k | £710k |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 11 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 22.8% | 24.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 46.9% | 49% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £263k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £64.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲35.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲45.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | £97.3k | £181k |
| Net assets | −£8.2k | −£20.9k | £692k |
| Current assets | £9.7k | £11.6k | £1m |
| Debtors | — | £259k | £546k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 24.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 49%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £263k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £64.6k
- 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
- 18.9%
- 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 £692k
- Cash at bank
- ▲86%
- Now £181k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 11
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2024 (profit £710k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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