Drinksology Limited
Registered name: DRINKSOLOGY LIMITED
Part of Drinksology Holdco Limited groupDrinksology Limited made £22.6m revenue and a £2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Drinksology Limited’s revenue was £22.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £2m and 50 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages” and is based in Belfast; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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: “Kirker Greer (Holdings) Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.2m | £20.6m | £22.6m |
| Cost of sales | £14.2m | £17.1m | £17.4m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £3.6m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | £99.9k | −£497k | £64.7k |
| Profit before tax | £4.6k | −£1.8m | −£2m |
| Profit after tax | £15.2k | −£1.8m | −£2m |
| Profit (best available) | £15.2k | −£1.8m | −£2m |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £2.1m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 43 | 50 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.1% | −8.8% | −8.7% |
| Gross margin | 17.3% | 17.2% | 22.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £419k | £479k | £451k |
| Profit per employee | £371 | −£42k | −£39.2k |
| Cash conversion | 307.8% | — | −591.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £201k | £440k | £4.8m |
| Net assets | £580k | −£1.2m | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £688k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £7.8m | £11.8m | £19.9m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £2.8m | £4m |
| Deferred income | £490k | £93k | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | £308k | −£5.7m | −£383k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £451k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£39.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −591.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.8%
- 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 £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £4.8m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £1.2m
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
- Drinksology Holdco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Drinksology 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 2024 (profit −£2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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