Real Traders Limited
Registered name: REAL TRADERS LIMITED
Real Traders Limited made £2.9m revenue and £490k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2024.
Real Traders Limited’s revenue grew 29% to £2.9m in the year to 30 Nov 2024, with £490k profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2017
- 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 Nov 2021 | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £2.2m | £2.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £210k | £646k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £178k | £490k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £178k | £490k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 8% | 16.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 45.4% | 38.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £559k | £482k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £44.5k | £81.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲29.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲175.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | 0% | ▲50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | — | £24.1k | £206k |
| Net assets | £34.2k | −£6.1k | −£80.6k | £387k |
| Fixed assets | £10.8k | £12.2k | £10.4k | £26k |
| Current assets | £92.6k | £51.2k | £24.1k | £963k |
| Debtors | — | — | £0 | £646k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £482k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £81.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.3%
- 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
- —
- Now £387k
- Cash at bank
- ▲756%
- Now £206k
- Headcount
- ▲50%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲150%
- Now £26k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2024 (profit £490k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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