East Lothian Produce Limited
Registered name: EAST LOTHIAN PRODUCE LIMITED
East Lothian Produce Limited made £13.5m revenue and £432k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
East Lothian Produce Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £13.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £432k profit and 52 employees. The company is classified under “growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers” and is based in East Lothian; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- East Lothian, Scotland
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £14.2m | £13.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £12.8m | £11.8m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £404k | £617k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £375k | £571k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £340k | £432k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £340k | £432k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 37 | 49 | 52 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 2.4% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 9.4% | 12.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £289k | £260k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £6.9k | £8.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −212.7% | −39.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼4.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲26.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲27.6% | ▲32.4% | ▲6.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £145k | £635k | £442k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £6.4m | £6.4m | £6.8m | £8.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.2m | £982k | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £6.6m | £6.7m | £7.2m | £19.1m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.7m | £3.7m | £2.1m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£859k | −£244k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £260k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −39.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.6%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £8.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲148%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲23%
- Now £1.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £432k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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