Gemco News 'N' Food LLP
Registered name: GEMCO NEWS 'N' FOOD LLP
Gemco News 'N' Food LLP made £605k revenue and £30.3k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Gemco News 'N' Food LLP’s revenue fell 14% to £605k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £30.3k profit and 21 employees. The company is based in Braintree; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Braintree, East of England
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- Type
- Limited Liability Partnership
Partnership. Profit is shown before the partners' own pay, so margins aren't comparable with a limited company. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £656k | £704k | £605k |
| Cost of sales | £418k | £478k | £395k |
| Gross profit | £238k | £226k | £210k |
| Operating profit | £45.4k | £23.2k | £30.3k |
| Profit after tax | £45.4k | £23.3k | £30.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £45.4k | £23.3k | £30.3k |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 23 | 21 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.9% | 3.3% | 5% |
| Gross margin | 36.3% | 32.1% | 34.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £28.5k | £30.6k | £28.8k |
| Profit per employee | £2k | £1k | £1.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.4% | ▼14.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼48.8% | ▲30.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼8.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £64.7k | £62.3k | £79.3k |
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £12.9k | £12.4k | £10.6k |
| Current assets | £111k | £106k | £122k |
| Debtors | £12.9k | £13.1k | £12.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £28.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- ▲27%
- Now £79.3k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £10.6k
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £30.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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