Yate Disposables Ltd
Registered name: YATE DISPOSABLES LTD
Yate Disposables Ltd made £28m revenue and £545k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Yate Disposables Ltd’s revenue grew 8% to £28m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £545k profit and 109 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of china and glassware and cleaning materials” and is based in Bristol; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.3m | £25.3m | £25.8m | £28m |
| Cost of sales | — | £18.3m | £17.8m | £19.7m |
| Gross profit | — | £7m | £8m | £8.3m |
| Profit before tax | £554k | £696k | £1.2m | £698k |
| Profit after tax | £446k | £501k | £927k | £545k |
| Profit (best available) | £446k | £501k | £927k | £545k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3.2m | £3.9m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 91 | 95 | 98 | 109 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 2% | 3.6% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 27.7% | 30.9% | 29.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £278k | £266k | £263k | £256k |
| Profit per employee | £4.9k | £5.3k | £9.5k | £5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.1% | ▲1.8% | ▲8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲12.2% | ▲85% | ▼41.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.4% | ▲3.2% | ▲11.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £926k | £450k | £775k | £673k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £2.5m | £3.2m | £3.4m |
| Fixed assets | £677k | £787k | £866k | £945k |
| Current assets | £7.7m | £6.5m | £7.8m | £8.1m |
| Debtors | £3.6m | £3.2m | £3.9m | £3.8m |
| Cash from operations | — | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £256k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.5%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £3.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼13%
- Now £673k
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 109
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £945k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £545k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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