Vibrant Brands Limited
Registered name: VIBRANT BRANDS LIMITED
Part of Exponent Private Equity (Holdings) LLP groupVibrant Brands Limited made £125m revenue and a £32.8m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Vibrant Brands Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £125m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £32.8m and 350 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs” and is based in West Bromwich; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Bromwich
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1974
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £109m | £120m | £125m |
| Cost of sales | −£80.9m | −£90m | −£95.2m |
| Gross profit | £27.7m | £29.8m | £30.1m |
| Operating profit | −£36.8m | −£31.9m | −£32.4m |
| Profit before tax | −£35.3m | −£31.9m | −£33.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£36m | −£33.9m | −£32.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£36m | −£33.9m | −£32.8m |
| Employees (average) | 436 | 380 | 350 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −33.1% | −28.3% | −26.2% |
| Gross margin | 25.5% | 24.9% | 24% |
| Revenue per employee | £249k | £315k | £358k |
| Profit per employee | −£82.5k | −£89.2k | −£93.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.3% | ▲4.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.8% | ▼7.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −26.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £358k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£93.7k
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now 350
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Exponent Private Equity (Holdings) LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Exponent Private Equity GP (Second Member) Limited75–100%
- Exponent Private Equity Partners GP IV LLP75–100%
- Vibrant Topco Limited75–100%
- Vibrant Debtco Limited75–100%
- Vibrant Debtco 2 Limited75–100%
- Vibrant Midco Limited75–100%
- Vibrant Foods Limited75–100%
- East End Foods Holdings Limited75–100%
- Vibrant Brands Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- East End Foods Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£32.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026