Lime Groves (Sittingbourne) Ltd
Registered name: LIME GROVES (SITTINGBOURNE) LTD
Lime Groves (Sittingbourne) Ltd made £64.4m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Lime Groves (Sittingbourne) Ltd’s revenue grew 15% to £64.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.1m profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Sittingbourne; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sittingbourne, South East
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 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) | £47.1m | £50m | £56m | £64.4m |
| Cost of sales | £45.5m | £48m | £53.8m | £62.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £1.9m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | £915k | £1.4m | £2m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £914k | £1.4m | £2.1m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £737k | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £737k | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | 2.2% | 2.7% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 3.4% | 3.9% | 3.9% | 3.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.9m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £3.2m |
| Profit per employee | £46.1k | £68.6k | £85.3k | £54.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.2% | ▲12.1% | ▲15% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲48.9% | ▲39.9% | ▼29.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲12.5% | ▲11.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | £0 | £2m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £762k | £3.3m | £4.6m | £5.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | — | £1.8m | £3.1m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £3.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £54.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲29%
- Now £5.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲3%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £1.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- H2H Pharmacy LimitedRev. £64.4m · Profit £735k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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