Bioren Limited
Registered name: BIOREN LIMITED
Part of Covent Garden Estates Holdings Limited groupBioren Limited made £29.4m revenue and a £961k loss in the year to 30 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Bioren Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £29.4m in the year to 30 Aug 2025, with a loss of £961k and 259 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of food in specialised stores” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- 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 parent company and ultimate controlling party is Covent Garden Estates Holdings Limited, a company registered in England & Wales, with a registered office address of 26-28 Neal Street, L”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 26 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 30 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.4m | £30.1m | £29.4m |
| Cost of sales | £8.5m | £28.5m | £27m |
| Gross profit | −£140k | £1.6m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | −£845k | −£979k | −£596k |
| Profit before tax | −£921k | −£1.2m | −£961k |
| Profit after tax | −£921k | −£1.2m | −£961k |
| Profit (best available) | −£921k | −£1.2m | −£961k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £6.4m | £6.5m |
| Employees (average) | 266 | 254 | 259 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −11% | −4.1% | −3.3% |
| Gross margin | −1.7% | 5.4% | 8.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £31.4k | £119k | £113k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.5k | −£4.9k | −£3.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼2.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £494k | £498k | £633k |
| Net assets | −£921k | −£2.2m | −£3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £160k | £759k | £1.4m |
| Current assets | — | £2.4m | £2.3m |
| Debtors | £341k | £35.8k | £29.2k |
| Deferred income | £617k | £872k | £1.4m |
| Cash from operations | £218k | −£77.9k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £113k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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 −£3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲27%
- Now £633k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 259
- Deferred income
- ▲57%
- Now £1.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▲81%
- Now £1.4m
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
- Covent Garden Estates Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Bioren Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Covent Garden Estates LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Aug 2025 (profit −£961k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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