Cafedirect PLC
Registered name: CAFEDIRECT PLC
Cafedirect PLC made £25.7m revenue and £85.5k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Cafedirect PLC’s revenue fell 1% to £25.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £85.5k profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1992
- Type
- Public 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.2m | £26m | £25.7m |
| Cost of sales | −£18.6m | −£20.8m | −£19.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £5.2m | £6m |
| Operating profit | −£1.5m | −£1.1m | £175k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.7m | −£1.2m | £85.5k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.7m | −£1.2m | £85.5k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.7m | −£1.2m | £85.5k |
| Employees (average) | 100 | 77 | 66 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −7.8% | −4.7% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 12.3% | 20% | 23.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £212k | £338k | £390k |
| Profit per employee | −£16.6k | −£15.9k | £1.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.9% | ▼1.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼23% | ▼14.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £390k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.3k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Cafedirect Roastery LimitedRev. £13m · Profit −£1.1m
Minority corporate shareholders
- Oikocredit Ecumenical Development Cooperative Society U.A. (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £85.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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