Springbank Distillers Limited
Registered name: SPRINGBANK DISTILLERS LIMITED
Part of J & A Mitchell And Co Ltd groupSpringbank Distillers Limited made £11.5m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Springbank Distillers Limited’s revenue was £11.5m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.4m profit and 24 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages” and is based in Campbeltown; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Campbeltown, Scotland
- Age
- 62 yrs · since 1964
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £11.5m | £11.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £8.2m | £8m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.3m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 20 | 24 | 24 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 11.7% | 11.8% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 28.4% | 31.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £479k | £481k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £56.1k | £57k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲0.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲1.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | ▲20% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £294k | £287k | £239k | £122k |
| Net assets | £5.9m | £7.5m | £8.9m | £10.2m |
| Fixed assets | £88.8k | £85.6k | £83.2k | £79.8k |
| Current assets | £6.4m | £8.4m | £9.7m | £10.7m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £670k | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £10.3k | £20.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £481k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £57k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- 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 £10.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼49%
- Now £122k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 24
- Deferred income
- ▲101%
- Now £20.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £79.8k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- J & A Mitchell And Co Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Springbank Distillers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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