Irca Manufacturing UK Limited
Registered name: IRCA MANUFACTURING UK LIMITED
Part of AI Charlie UK Bidco Limited groupIrca Manufacturing UK Limited made £47.8m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Irca Manufacturing UK Limited’s revenue was £47.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £1.2m profit and 178 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Peterborough.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterborough, East of England
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £47.8m |
| Cost of sales | £26.6m |
| Gross profit | £21.2m |
| Operating profit | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £9.2m |
| Employees (average) | 178 |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 44.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £269k |
| Profit per employee | £6.6k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Cash at bank | £2.5m |
| Net assets | £8m |
| Fixed assets | £9.4m |
| Current assets | £22.1m |
| Debtors | £6.6m |
| Deferred income | £4.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £269k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.7%
- 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
- —
- Now £8m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £2.5m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 178
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £4.8m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £9.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- AI Charlie UK Bidco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Irca Manufacturing UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 2023 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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