Allan Reeder Limited
Registered name: ALLAN REEDER LIMITED
Part of Allan Reeder Holdings Limited groupAllan Reeder Limited made £50.7m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Allan Reeder Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £50.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.1m profit and 110 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of dairy products, eggs and edible oils and fats” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1975
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £38.1m | £47.5m | £46.4m | £50.7m |
| Cost of sales | £29.7m | £36.3m | £35.6m | −£40.1m |
| Gross profit | £8.5m | £11.2m | £10.8m | £10.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £2.8m | £2.4m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £2.6m | £2.3m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £2.4m | £1.7m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £2.4m | £1.7m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £4m | £4.3m | £4.8m | — |
| Employees (average) | 97 | 105 | 111 | 110 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.1% | 5% | 3.6% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 22.2% | 23.5% | 23.3% | 21% |
| Revenue per employee | £393k | £452k | £418k | £461k |
| Profit per employee | £12.1k | £22.7k | £15k | £9.9k |
| Cash conversion | 4.1% | −118.3% | −28.6% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.6% | ▼2.4% | ▲9.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲103.1% | ▼30.1% | ▼34.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.3% | ▲5.7% | ▼0.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £78.6k | £450k | £516k | — |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £3.3m | £4.8m | — |
| Fixed assets | £597k | £488k | £703k | — |
| Current assets | £8.4m | £7.9m | £9.7m | — |
| Debtors | £5.3m | £5m | £5.8m | — |
| Cash from operations | £57.1k | −£3.3m | −£675k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £461k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.9k
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now 110
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Allan Reeder Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Allan Reeder Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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