Lincolnshire Herbs Ltd
Registered name: LINCOLNSHIRE HERBS LTD
Lincolnshire Herbs Ltd made £19.4m revenue and a £674k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Lincolnshire Herbs Ltd’s revenue fell 3% to £19.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £674k and 165 employees. The company is classified under “growing of other non-perennial crops” and is based in Lincolnshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lincolnshire, East of England
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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) | £14.2m | £18.4m | £20m | £19.4m |
| Cost of sales | £14.2m | £18.1m | £19.1m | £18.4m |
| Gross profit | −£11.6k | £333k | £893k | £1m |
| Operating profit | −£585k | −£411k | −£681k | −£536k |
| Profit before tax | −£666k | −£584k | −£922k | −£788k |
| Profit after tax | −£666k | −£523k | −£587k | −£674k |
| Profit (best available) | −£666k | −£523k | −£587k | −£674k |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £4.3m | £5.2m | £5.6m |
| Employees (average) | 133 | 148 | 165 | 165 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −4.7% | −2.8% | −2.9% | −3.5% |
| Gross margin | −0.1% | 1.8% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £107k | £125k | £121k | £117k |
| Profit per employee | −£5k | −£3.5k | −£3.6k | −£4.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲30.1% | ▲8.6% | ▼3.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.3% | ▲11.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £290k | £427k | £126k | £63.6k |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £3.3m | £2.8m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £7.5m | £8.7m | £8.1m | £7.7m |
| Current assets | £3m | £3.9m | £3.5m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £2.5m | £2.4m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | £232k | £409k | £560k | £417k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £117k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 39.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.8%
- 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
- ▼24%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼49%
- Now £63.6k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 165
- Deferred income
- ▼26%
- Now £417k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £7.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£674k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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