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Company No. 01558147 · Incorporated 24 Apr 1981

Spaldings Limited

Registered name: SPALDINGS LIMITED

Part of Invicta Global Holdings Limited group

Spaldings Limited made £28.1m revenue and £927k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.

Spaldings Limited’s revenue was £28.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £927k profit and 132 employees. The company is classified under “support activities for crop production” and is based in Lincoln; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection A · Agriculture, forestry and fishingSIC 01610Support activities for crop production
Status
Active
Location
Lincoln, East Midlands
Age
45 yrs · since 1981
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: “The company is a 100% subsidiary of Spalding Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England & Wales. The ultimate controlling Party is Twinings Topco Limited which owns 100% of the share capital ”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2024

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£28.1m
Growth —
Profit
£927k
Growth —
Profit margin
3.3%
Gross 42.3%
Employees
132
Change —
Profit / employee
£7k
Revenue/employee £213k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Dec 202331 Dec 2024
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£23.7m£24.7m£18.5m£28.1m
Cost of sales£14.4m£14.9m£10.6m£16.2m
Gross profit£9.3m£9.8m£7.9m£11.9m
Operating profit£258k−£600k£474k£1.4m
Profit before tax£251k−£795k£223k£1.1m
Profit after tax£137k−£798k£219k£927k
Profit (best available)£137k−£798k£219k£927k
Staff costs£5.5m£6.3m£4.6m—
Employees (average)146133130132
Ratios
Profit margin0.6%−3.2%1.2%3.3%
Gross margin39.2%39.7%42.9%42.3%
Revenue per employee£162k£185k£142k£213k
Profit per employee£938−£6k£1.7k£7k
Cash conversion−215.5%———
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲4%——
Profit growth—▼682.5%——
Headcount growth—▼8.9%——
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£116k£542k£1.4m—
Net assets£15.5m£14.7m£14.9m—
Fixed assets£502k£351k£328k—
Current assets£18m£24.6m£23.5m—
Debtors£3.6m£4.1m£2.3m—
Deferred income£243k£290k£245k—
Cash from operations−£556k−£4.6m——
SourceAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
3.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
42.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£213k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£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.
Indirect — not revenue

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
—
Now 132
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Invicta Global Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Twinings Bidco Limited75–100%
  3. Spaldings Holdings Limited75–100%
  4. Spaldings 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 31 Dec 2024 (profit £927k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026

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