GCB Cocoa UK Limited
Registered name: GCB COCOA UK LIMITED
GCB Cocoa UK Limited made £36.1m revenue and a £1.8m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
GCB Cocoa UK Limited’s revenue grew 151% to £36.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.8m and 89 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of oils and fats” and is based in Sudbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sudbury, East of England
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The company's immediate parent company is GCB Cocoa Singapore Pte Ltd, a company incorporated in Singapore, whose registered office is 2 Venture Drive, 11-12 Vision Exchange, Singapore 608526.”
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £2.8m | £14.4m | £36.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £3.3m | £14m | £36m |
| Gross profit | — | −£531k | £317k | £37.6k |
| Operating profit | — | −£2.7m | −£2.1m | −£2.9m |
| Profit before tax | — | −£2.7m | −£251k | −£1.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.5m | −£2.7m | −£251k | −£1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.5m | −£2.7m | −£251k | −£1.8m |
| Staff costs | — | £1.1m | £2.3m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 38 | 66 | 89 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −97% | −1.8% | −5% |
| Gross margin | — | −19.3% | 2.2% | 0.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £72.6k | £217k | £405k |
| Profit per employee | −£107k | −£70.4k | −£3.8k | −£20.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲420.6% | ▲151.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲171.4% | ▲73.7% | ▲34.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £71.8k | £543k | £1m |
| Net assets | £17.3m | £14.6m | £34.4m | £32.6m |
| Fixed assets | £35.7m | £46.6m | £51.1m | £61m |
| Current assets | £3m | £4.6m | £14.9m | £26.8m |
| Debtors | £413k | £1.4m | £3.2m | £8.8m |
| Deferred income | £66k | £108k | £454k | £769k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£10m | £15.5m | −£13m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 0.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £405k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£20.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 169%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.5%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £32.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲93%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▲35%
- Now 89
- Deferred income
- ▲69%
- Now £769k
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £61m
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)
- GCB UK Property LtdRev. — · Profit £27.5k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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