Edwards Beers and Wine Supplies Ltd
Registered name: EDWARDS BEERS AND WINE SUPPLIES LTD
Edwards Beers and Wine Supplies Ltd made £17.3m revenue and £424k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Edwards Beers and Wine Supplies Ltd’s revenue grew 1% to £17.3m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £424k profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages” and is based in Leighton Buzzard; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leighton Buzzard, East of England
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2009
- 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 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £17.2m | £17.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £14.6m | £14.7m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.6m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £643k | £580k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £643k | £570k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £478k | £424k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £478k | £424k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 41 | 44 | 42 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 2.8% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 15.3% | 14.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £390k | £412k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £10.9k | £10.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −53.4% | −125% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲0.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼11.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲7.3% | ▼4.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £544k | £1.3m | £1.4m | £2m |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £2.3m | £2.7m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £172k | £147k | £414k | £326k |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £4.5m | £5.1m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £153k | £139k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£344k | −£726k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £412k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −125%
- 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
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.5%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲39%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- ▼9%
- Now £139k
- Fixed assets
- ▼21%
- Now £326k
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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £424k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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