Ima Dairy & Food UK Limited
Registered name: IMA DAIRY & FOOD UK LIMITED
Ima Dairy & Food UK Limited made £4m revenue and £472k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ima Dairy & Food UK Limited’s revenue fell 25% to £4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £472k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “other engineering activities” and is based in Retford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Retford, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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) | £5.5m | £4.2m | £5.3m | £4m |
| Cost of sales | £4.5m | £3.1m | £4.1m | £2.9m |
| Gross profit | £968k | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | £731k | £733k | £605k | £633k |
| Profit before tax | £728k | £733k | £605k | £634k |
| Profit after tax | £582k | £557k | £446k | £472k |
| Profit (best available) | £582k | £557k | £446k | £472k |
| Staff costs | £453k | £545k | £752k | £720k |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.7% | 13.2% | 8.4% | 11.9% |
| Gross margin | 17.7% | 27.1% | 23.6% | 28.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £910k | £603k | £532k | £397k |
| Profit per employee | £97k | £79.5k | £44.6k | £47.2k |
| Cash conversion | −28% | −133.4% | −127.2% | −54.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼22.7% | ▲26.2% | ▼25.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼4.4% | ▼19.9% | ▲5.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▲42.9% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £490k | £767k | £718k | £503k |
| Net assets | £942k | £1.1m | £913k | £985k |
| Fixed assets | £6.5k | £11k | £7.2k | £5.2k |
| Current assets | £2m | £2.4m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.1m | £812k | £771k |
| Deferred income | £208k | £252k | £190k | £149k |
| Cash from operations | −£205k | −£977k | −£769k | −£347k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £397k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £47.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −54.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.4%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £985k
- Cash at bank
- ▼30%
- Now £503k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- ▼22%
- Now £149k
- Fixed assets
- ▼27%
- Now £5.2k
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 £472k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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