E I Wines Limited
Registered name: E I WINES LIMITED
E I Wines Limited made £22.7m revenue and £602k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
E I Wines Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £22.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £602k profit and 18 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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. From the filing: “The parent undertaking is Global Vintners Holding Ltd a company registered in Gibraltar”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.9m | £36.9m | £23m | £22.7m |
| Cost of sales | £21.3m | £32.5m | £20.3m | £19.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £4.5m | £2.6m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £1.4m | £574k | £810k |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.3m | £546k | £813k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £958k | £400k | £602k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £958k | £400k | £602k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £2m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 21 | 18 | 18 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.9% | 2.6% | 1.7% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 14.6% | 12.1% | 11.5% | 12.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £1.8m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Profit per employee | £64.1k | £45.6k | £22.2k | £33.4k |
| Cash conversion | −22.2% | −133% | −207.5% | −121.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼1.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲50.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £415k | £541k | £1.1m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £4.6m | £5.6m | £6m | £6m |
| Fixed assets | £371k | £283k | £238k | £190k |
| Current assets | £9.6m | £10.5m | £9.8m | £9.6m |
| Debtors | £4.2m | £5m | £5.1m | £4.5m |
| Deferred income | £214k | £361k | £277k | £247k |
| Cash from operations | −£347k | −£1.9m | −£1.2m | −£985k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £33.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −121.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲43%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 18
- Deferred income
- ▼11%
- Now £247k
- Fixed assets
- ▼20%
- Now £190k
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 £602k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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