R J Trevarthen Limited
Registered name: R J TREVARTHEN LIMITED
R J Trevarthen Limited made £12.8m revenue and £131k profit in the year to 6 Apr 2025. read from filing text
R J Trevarthen Limited’s revenue was £12.8m in the year to 6 Apr 2025, with £131k profit and 57 employees. The company is classified under “processing and preserving of meat” and is based in Penryn; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Penryn, South West
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 Mar 2024 | 6 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.6m | £12.1m | £12.8m | £12.8m |
| Cost of sales | £9.6m | £10.2m | £11m | £11.3m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | £760k | £477k | £415k | £27.2k |
| Profit before tax | £749k | £463k | £407k | £183k |
| Profit after tax | £606k | £352k | £297k | £131k |
| Profit (best available) | £606k | £352k | £297k | £131k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 62 | 58 | 58 | 57 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.2% | 2.9% | 2.3% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 17.3% | 15.2% | 14.1% | 11.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £187k | £208k | £221k | £224k |
| Profit per employee | £9.8k | £6.1k | £5.1k | £2.3k |
| Cash conversion | −148.3% | 8.8% | −103.7% | −2566% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.7% | ▲6.1% | 0% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼41.9% | ▼15.6% | ▼55.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.5% | 0% | ▼1.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £587k | £754k | £502k |
| Net assets | £998k | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £2.3m | £2m | £2.3m | £2m |
| Debtors | £801k | £957k | £1m | £986k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £154k | £152k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | £41.7k | −£431k | −£698k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £224k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −2566%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼33%
- Now £502k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 57
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £152k
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £1.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 6 Apr 2025 (profit £131k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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