Ellis of Richmond Limited
Registered name: ELLIS OF RICHMOND LIMITED
Part of Ellis of Richmond (Holdings) Limited groupEllis of Richmond Limited made £42.2m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Ellis of Richmond Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £42.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.2m profit and 98 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages” and is based in Hanworth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hanworth, London
- Age
- 82 yrs · since 1944
- 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: “Ellis of Richmond (Holdings)”
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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.9m | £34.6m | £38m | £42.2m |
| Cost of sales | £23.1m | £27.7m | £30.5m | £33.7m |
| Gross profit | £6.7m | £6.9m | £7.5m | £8.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £1m | £818k | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £1m | £818k | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £4.4m | £4.7m | £5.3m | £5.8m |
| Employees (average) | 83 | 90 | 97 | 98 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.9% | 3% | 2.1% | 2.8% |
| Gross margin | 22.5% | 20% | 19.7% | 20.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £360k | £384k | £391k | £430k |
| Profit per employee | £17.5k | £11.6k | £8.4k | £11.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.8% | ▲9.8% | ▲11% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼28.4% | ▼21.4% | ▲42.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.4% | ▲7.8% | ▲1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £130k | £145k | £122k |
| Net assets | £3m | £3.4m | £3.6m | £4.1m |
| Fixed assets | £839k | £945k | £1m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £12m | £11.6m | £11.6m | £11.2m |
| Debtors | £4.6m | £4.5m | £4.9m | £4.4m |
| Deferred income | £1m | £1.1m | £976k | £907k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £430k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.5%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £4.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼16%
- Now £122k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 98
- Deferred income
- ▼7%
- Now £907k
- Fixed assets
- ▲13%
- Now £1.1m
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
- Ellis of Richmond (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ellis of Richmond Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Richmond Wine Agencies 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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