Olympic Oils Limited
Registered name: OLYMPIC OILS LIMITED
Part of Crest Oil Holdings Ltd groupOlympic Oils Limited made £69m revenue and £7.5m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Olympic Oils Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £69m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £7.5m profit and 87 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of oils and fats” and is based in Whiston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Whiston, North West
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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 parent company is Crest Oil Holdings Limited, Fallows Way, Merseyside. L35 1RZ, a company registered and incorporated in the United Kingdom.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £55.4m | £91.5m | £68.2m | £69m |
| Cost of sales | £49.1m | £77.6m | £53.7m | £55.6m |
| Gross profit | £6.2m | £13.8m | £14.5m | £13.4m |
| Operating profit | £3.3m | £8.7m | £10.4m | £9.5m |
| Profit before tax | £3.3m | £8.9m | £10.7m | £9.9m |
| Profit after tax | £2.8m | £7.2m | £8.2m | £7.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.8m | £7.2m | £8.2m | £7.5m |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £4m | £3.7m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 74 | 81 | 90 | 87 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.1% | 7.8% | 12% | 10.9% |
| Gross margin | 11.3% | 15.1% | 21.2% | 19.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £748k | £1.1m | £758k | £793k |
| Profit per employee | £38k | £88.6k | £90.8k | £86.5k |
| Cash conversion | −121.4% | −121.5% | −76.1% | −125.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲1.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼7.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5m | £8.7m | £6.5m | £12.5m |
| Net assets | £12.6m | £14.8m | £16.9m | £20.5m |
| Fixed assets | £5m | £5.2m | £5.7m | £5.4m |
| Current assets | £16.2m | £19.5m | £18.6m | £23.3m |
| Debtors | £8.3m | £8.1m | £7.5m | £7.9m |
| Deferred income | £62.5k | £45.8k | £36.7k | £27.5k |
| Cash from operations | −£4.1m | −£10.6m | −£7.9m | −£11.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £793k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £86.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −125.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.5%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £20.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲92%
- Now £12.5m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 87
- Deferred income
- ▼25%
- Now £27.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £5.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Crest Oil Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Olympic Oils 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 FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £7.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026