The Summer Berry Company UK
Registered name: THE SUMMER BERRY COMPANY UK
Part of Cibus Foundation Limited groupThe Summer Berry Company UK made £45.4m revenue and a £5.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
The Summer Berry Company UK’s revenue was £45.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £5.1m and 496 employees. The company is classified under “growing of other perennial crops” and is based in Chichester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chichester, South East
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- Type
- Private Unlimited 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 | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £50.9m | £46.6m | £45.4m |
| Cost of sales | £49.5m | £41.7m | £37.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.4m | £5m | £7.6m |
| Operating profit | −£6.1m | −£2.5m | −£2.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£7.7m | −£5.3m | −£5m |
| Profit after tax | −£6.9m | −£5.4m | −£5.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£6.9m | −£5.4m | −£5.1m |
| Staff costs | £21.4m | £16.7m | £19.9m |
| Employees (average) | 761 | 566 | 496 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −13.5% | −11.7% | −11.3% |
| Gross margin | 2.8% | 10.6% | 16.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £66.9k | £82.4k | £91.6k |
| Profit per employee | −£9k | −£9.6k | −£10.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼25.6% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £4k | £0 | £830k |
| Net assets | −£108k | −£5.5m | £10.2m |
| Fixed assets | £19.2m | £18m | £22.9m |
| Current assets | £15.8m | £17.1m | £16.6m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £3.4m | £563k |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £1.6m | £2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −11.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £91.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£10.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 50.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- 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 £10.2m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £830k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 496
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £2.3m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £22.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cibus Foundation Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Jerry's Berries Limited75–100%
- The Summer Berry Company Holdings Limited75–100%
- The Summer Berry Company UKthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- TSBC Propagation LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£5.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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