Verdant Brewing Company Limited
Registered name: VERDANT BREWING COMPANY LIMITED
Verdant Brewing Company Limited made £8.6m revenue and £448k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Verdant Brewing Company Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £8.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £448k profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of beer” and is based in Penryn; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Penryn, South West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.4m | £8m | £7.8m | £8.6m |
| Cost of sales | £4.2m | £4.5m | £4.4m | £4.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £524k | £872k | £377k | £594k |
| Profit before tax | £324k | £683k | £151k | £412k |
| Profit after tax | £486k | £591k | £428k | £448k |
| Profit (best available) | £486k | £591k | £428k | £448k |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £2m | £2.3m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 65 | 66 | 75 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.5% | 7.4% | 5.5% | 5.2% |
| Gross margin | 35.3% | 43.1% | 43.5% | 44.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £124k | £123k | £118k | £114k |
| Profit per employee | £9.3k | £9.1k | £6.5k | £6k |
| Cash conversion | −109.6% | −133.2% | 15.3% | −92.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24% | ▼2.5% | ▲10% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲21.5% | ▼27.5% | ▲4.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25% | ▲1.5% | ▲13.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £463k | £790k | £306k | £524k |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £3.7m | £4.1m | £4.3m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £3.8m | £3.8m | £3.6m |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £1.7m | £2.2m | £2.8m |
| Debtors | £244k | £290k | £265k | £387k |
| Deferred income | £86.9k | £102k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£574k | −£1.2m | £57.4k | −£551k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £114k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −92.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 42%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £4.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲71%
- Now £524k
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £3.6m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £448k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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