Melon&co Ltd
Registered name: MELON&CO LTD
Melon&co Ltd made £80.7m revenue and £4.4m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Melon&co Ltd’s revenue grew 22% to £80.7m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £4.4m profit and 21 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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 immediate and ultimate controlling party is Citrico Global, S.L, a company registered in Spain.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 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) | £52.6m | £64.8m | £66.3m | £80.7m |
| Cost of sales | £49.2m | £61.4m | £60.9m | £72.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £3.4m | £5.3m | £8.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | −£1.2m | £3m | £5.9m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | −£1.7m | £2.7m | £5.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | −£1.4m | £2m | £4.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | −£1.4m | £2m | £4.4m |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £1.7m | £2m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 19 | 21 | 21 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.7% | −2.1% | 3% | 5.5% |
| Gross margin | 6.4% | 5.3% | 8.1% | 10.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £3.3m | £3.4m | £3.2m | £3.8m |
| Profit per employee | £88.1k | −£71.5k | £95k | £211k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲2.2% | ▲21.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲122.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲10.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £3.1m | £5.2m | £6.7m |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £127k | £2.1m | £5.2m |
| Fixed assets | £8.2k | £9.1k | £5.8k | £2.7k |
| Current assets | £12.8m | £11.4m | £14.7m | £18.8m |
| Debtors | £7.1m | £3.3m | £4.8m | £5.1m |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £745k | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £3.8m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £211k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- 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
- ▲143%
- Now £5.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲30%
- Now £6.7m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- ▲3%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼54%
- Now £2.7k
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 Aug 2025 (profit £4.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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