Ceres Trade Ltd
Registered name: CERES TRADE LTD
Ceres Trade Ltd made £5.8m revenue and £17k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Ceres Trade Ltd’s revenue fell 19% to £5.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £17k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of grain, unmanufactured tobacco, seeds and animal feeds” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.9m | £7.2m | £5.8m |
| Cost of sales | £2.9m | £7m | £5.8m |
| Gross profit | £63.9k | £133k | £18.9k |
| Operating profit | £15.5k | £65.3k | £22.1k |
| Profit before tax | £15.7k | £65.1k | £21.5k |
| Profit after tax | £10.8k | £50.7k | £17k |
| Profit (best available) | £10.8k | £50.7k | £17k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 2.2% | 1.8% | 0.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.9m | £3.6m | — |
| Profit per employee | £10.8k | £25.4k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲143.5% | ▼18.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲370.7% | ▼66.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲100% | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £9.1k | £18.1k | £9.2k |
| Net assets | £55.5k | £276k | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £170k | £170k | £170k |
| Current assets | £256k | £763k | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £246k | £740k | £511k |
| Deferred income | £2.2k | £2.2k | £2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 0.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- 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
- ▲617%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼49%
- Now £9.2k
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼8%
- Now £2k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £170k
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 31 Dec 2024 (profit £17k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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