Beer52 Limited
Registered name: BEER52 LIMITED
Beer52 Limited made £39.7m revenue and £3.3m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Beer52 Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £39.7m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £3.3m profit and 84 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £39.7m | £35.4m | £33.8m | £39.7m |
| Cost of sales | £30.3m | £27m | £22.9m | £25.5m |
| Gross profit | £9.5m | £8.3m | £10.9m | £14.2m |
| Operating profit | −£255k | −£942k | £2.9m | £3.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£272k | −£976k | £3m | £4.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£184k | −£909k | £2.5m | £3.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£184k | −£909k | £2.5m | £3.3m |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3.1m | £2.8m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 98 | 98 | 80 | 84 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.5% | −2.6% | 7.3% | 8.3% |
| Gross margin | 23.8% | 23.6% | 32.2% | 35.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £405k | £361k | £422k | £472k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.9k | −£9.3k | £30.9k | £39.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −174.6% | −65.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11% | ▼4.5% | ▲17.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲33.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼18.4% | ▲5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £2.1m | £7m | £7.7m |
| Net assets | £5.2m | £4.3m | £6.8m | £10m |
| Fixed assets | £746k | £709k | £706k | £663k |
| Current assets | £11.2m | £7.3m | £11m | £17m |
| Debtors | £733k | £386k | £489k | £689k |
| Deferred income | £344k | £418k | £986k | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | £874k | −£2.6m | −£5.1m | −£2.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £472k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £39.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −65.5%
- 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
- 2.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- 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
- ▲49%
- Now £10m
- Cash at bank
- ▲10%
- Now £7.7m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 84
- Deferred income
- ▲10%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £663k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- 52 Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Craft Beer Holdings 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 £3.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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