Italian Beverage Company Limited
Registered name: ITALIAN BEVERAGE COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Delightful Food Group Limited groupItalian Beverage Company Limited made £17.8m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Italian Beverage Company Limited’s revenue grew 45% to £17.8m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £1.3m profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Stevenage; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stevenage, East of England
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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.
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 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £12.2m | £17.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £8.6m | £12.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.7m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.3m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.3m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £845k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £845k | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.2m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 33 | 35 | 42 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 6.9% | 7.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 29.9% | 28.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £350k | £423k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £24.1k | £32.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲45.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲59.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.5% | ▲6.1% | ▲20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £31.5k | £3.4k | £154k | £248k |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £2m | £2.7m | £3.9m |
| Fixed assets | £211k | £220k | £152k | £339k |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £4.1m | £5.6m | £8.7m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.4m | £2.5m | £4.7m |
| Deferred income | — | £107k | £164k | £791k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £423k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £32.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 26.4%
- 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
- ▲45%
- Now £3.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲61%
- Now £248k
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- ▲382%
- Now £791k
- Fixed assets
- ▲123%
- Now £339k
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
- Delightful Food Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Italian Beverage Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- March Foods LimitedRev. £12.2m · Profit £326k
- Bold Foods 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 May 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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