A&a Cucumbers Limited
Registered name: A&A CUCUMBERS LIMITED
Part of A&a UK Holding Limited groupA&a Cucumbers Limited made £3.2m revenue and £362k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
A&a Cucumbers Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £3.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £362k profit and 11 employees. The company is classified under “growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers” and is based in Birchington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birchington, South East
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.6m | £2.5m | £3.1m | £3.2m |
| Cost of sales | £4m | £5m | £7.5m | £4.5m |
| Gross profit | −£1.3m | −£2.5m | −£4.4m | −£1.3m |
| Operating profit | £244k | £263k | £575k | £375k |
| Profit before tax | £243k | £262k | £629k | £483k |
| Profit after tax | £196k | £214k | £480k | £362k |
| Profit (best available) | £196k | £214k | £480k | £362k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.4% | 8.6% | 15.6% | 11.5% |
| Gross margin | −50.3% | −100.6% | −144.1% | −41.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £293k | £207k | £279k | £287k |
| Profit per employee | £21.8k | £17.8k | £43.7k | £32.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.9% | ▲24% | ▲2.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲9% | ▲125% | ▼24.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | ▼8.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £952k | £1.4m | £2.8m | £3.3m |
| Net assets | £23.1k | £237k | £717k | £1.1m |
| Fixed assets | £17.1k | £79.8k | £158k | £178k |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £6.1m | £7.2m | £6.8m |
| Debtors | £431k | £51.9k | £390k | £105k |
| Deferred income | £680k | £1.5m | £538k | £111k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −41.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £287k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £32.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- 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
- ▲51%
- Now £1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲20%
- Now £3.3m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 11
- Deferred income
- ▼79%
- Now £111k
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £178k
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
- A&a UK Holding Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- A&a Cucumbers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Thanet Growers Four LimitedRev. £10.7m · Profit −£823k
- Thanet Growers Four Investments LimitedRev. £1.7m · Profit £590k
- A&a UK Investments LimitedRev. £956k · Profit £554k
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 £362k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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