Coolmar Ltd
Registered name: COOLMAR LTD
Coolmar Ltd made £13.8m revenue and £157k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Coolmar Ltd’s revenue was £13.8m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £157k profit and 67 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of food in specialised stores” and is based in Ballymena; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ballymena, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.4m | £14.3m | £13.8m | £13.8m |
| Cost of sales | £10.3m | £11.9m | £11.2m | £11.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.6m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £162k | £118k | £212k | £208k |
| Profit after tax | £131k | £93.8k | £160k | £157k |
| Profit (best available) | £131k | £93.8k | £160k | £157k |
| Staff costs | £999k | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 68 | 72 | 70 | 67 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 0.7% | 1.2% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 17.3% | 16.7% | 18.6% | 18.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £183k | £199k | £197k | £206k |
| Profit per employee | £1.9k | £1.3k | £2.3k | £2.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15% | ▼3.5% | ▼0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼28.5% | ▲70.6% | ▼2.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▼2.8% | ▼4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £665k | £666k | £574k | £335k |
| Net assets | £111k | £103k | £121k | £164k |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Debtors | £35.3k | £26.7k | £14.2k | £11.8k |
| Deferred income | £362k | £352k | £335k | £340k |
| Cash from operations | −£140k | −£142k | −£85.4k | £62.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £206k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- 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
- ▲35%
- Now £164k
- Cash at bank
- ▼42%
- Now £335k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 67
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £340k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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 £157k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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