Warners Fishmerchants Limited
Registered name: WARNERS FISHMERCHANTS LIMITED
Warners Fishmerchants Limited made £69.7m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Warners Fishmerchants Limited’s revenue was £69.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.7m profit and 32 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs” and is based in Doncaster; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- 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 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £71.3m | £69.6m | £69.7m |
| Cost of sales | £69.1m | £66m | £63.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £3.6m | £6.1m |
| Operating profit | £549k | £1.4m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £377k | £1.4m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £264k | £1m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £264k | £1m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £960k | £1.4m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 30 | 32 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 3.1% | 5.2% | 8.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Profit per employee | £8.5k | £34.1k | £53.5k |
| Cash conversion | −256.7% | −128.8% | −135.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.4% | ▲0.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲287.4% | ▲67.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.2% | ▲6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £192k | £1.3m | £3.9m |
| Net assets | £6.7m | £7.4m | £9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £14m | £16.4m | £19.2m |
| Debtors | £4.7m | £6.3m | £4.6m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.4m | −£1.9m | −£3.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £53.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −135.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.6%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲194%
- Now £3.9m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 32
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £1.6m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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