Oakwood Cooperage Ltd
Registered name: OAKWOOD COOPERAGE LTD
Oakwood Cooperage Ltd made £23.9m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Oakwood Cooperage Ltd’s revenue grew 27% to £23.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2m profit and 168 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials” and is based in Keith; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Keith, Scotland
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £18.8m | £23.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £13.5m | £17.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £5.3m | £6.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2.7m | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | £350k | £974k | £2.5m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.9m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £350k | £974k | £1.9m | £2m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £5.4m | £8.4m |
| Employees (average) | 67 | 94 | 121 | 168 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 10% | 8.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 28% | 26.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £155k | £142k |
| Profit per employee | £5.2k | £10.4k | £15.6k | £11.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −78.1% | −18.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲27.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲93.3% | ▲6.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲28.7% | ▲38.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £357k | £806k | £1.7m | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £656k | £1.2m | £1.9m | £3.9m |
| Fixed assets | £413k | £740k | £1.6m | £2.4m |
| Current assets | £1.5m | £2.9m | £7.1m | £7.4m |
| Debtors | £988k | £1.7m | £2.4m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £554k | £248k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£2.1m | −£532k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £142k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −18.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.8%
- 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
- ▲104%
- Now £3.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼34%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▲39%
- Now 168
- Deferred income
- ▼55%
- Now £248k
- Fixed assets
- ▲47%
- Now £2.4m
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 Mar 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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