Hinch Distillery Limited
Registered name: HINCH DISTILLERY LIMITED
Part of Cross FT Limited groupHinch Distillery Limited made £3.3m revenue and a £2.8m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Hinch Distillery Limited’s revenue fell 35% to £3.3m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £2.8m and 29 employees. The company is classified under “distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits” and is based in Lisburn; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lisburn, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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: “Hinch Distillery Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £5.1m | £3.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | £1.1m | £2.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £4m | £782k |
| Operating profit | — | −£424k | −£2.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | −£965k | −£2.8m |
| Profit after tax | — | −£965k | −£2.8m |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£965k | −£2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 62 | 39 | 29 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −19% | −84.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 78.5% | 23.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £131k | £114k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£24.8k | −£95.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼35.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼37.1% | ▼25.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £119k | £60k | £95.5k |
| Net assets | −£1.3m | −£2.2m | −£5m |
| Fixed assets | £11.2m | £11m | £10.4m |
| Current assets | £8.4m | £10.6m | £9.8m |
| Debtors | £271k | £53k | £271k |
| Deferred income | £223k | £145k | £36.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −84.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £114k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£95.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 316.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- 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 −£5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲59%
- Now £95.5k
- Headcount
- ▼26%
- Now 29
- Deferred income
- ▼75%
- Now £36.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £10.4m
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
- Cross FT Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cross Family Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Hinch Distillery Holdings Limited75–100%
- Hinch Distillery Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Hinch Whiskey Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ninth Wave Gin Company 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 Jun 2025 (profit −£2.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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