Beechdean Manufacturing Ltd
Registered name: BEECHDEAN MANUFACTURING LTD
Beechdean Manufacturing Ltd made £26m revenue and £337k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Beechdean Manufacturing Ltd’s revenue grew 5% to £26m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £337k profit and 83 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of ice cream” and is based in High Wycombe; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- High Wycombe, South East
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £24.7m | £26m |
| Cost of sales | £16.4m | £22.4m | £18.2m | £20.1m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £6.6m | £5.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.6m | £492k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.6m | £492k |
| Profit after tax | £108k | £247k | £1.4m | £337k |
| Profit (best available) | £108k | £247k | £1.4m | £337k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £2.9m | £3.8m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 74 | 72 | 76 | 83 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 5.5% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 26.5% | 22.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £326k | £313k |
| Profit per employee | £1.5k | £3.4k | £18.1k | £4.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −115.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲5.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲129% | ▲455.7% | ▼75.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.7% | ▲5.6% | ▲9.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £26.5k | £807k | £1.5m | £628k |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £3.2m | £4.6m | £4.9m |
| Fixed assets | £3.5m | £3.1m | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £4m | £3.7m | £8.8m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £71.2k | £1.9k | £1.1k | £1.4k |
| Deferred income | £662k | £700k | £1.9m | £1m |
| Cash from operations | −£951k | −£1.7m | −£1.9m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £313k
- 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
- 7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £4.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼58%
- Now £628k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 83
- Deferred income
- ▼46%
- Now £1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲24%
- Now £1.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Lovingtons Ice Cream 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £337k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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