John Henshall (Fruit Salesmen) Limited
Registered name: JOHN HENSHALL (FRUIT SALESMEN) LIMITED
Part of John Henshall (Fruit Salesmen) Holdings Limited groupJohn Henshall (Fruit Salesmen) Limited made £26.4m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
John Henshall (Fruit Salesmen) Limited’s revenue was £26.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1m profit and 58 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Age
- 98 yrs · since 1928
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.5m | £24.1m | £26.4m | £26.4m |
| Cost of sales | £18.8m | £20m | £22.2m | £22m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £4.1m | £4.2m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1m | £652k | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1m | £692k | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £971k | £811k | £530k | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £971k | £811k | £530k | £1m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 57 | 59 | 58 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.3% | 3.4% | 2% | 3.9% |
| Gross margin | 16.6% | 16.9% | 16% | 16.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £433k | £422k | £447k | £455k |
| Profit per employee | £18.7k | £14.2k | £9k | £17.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.9% | ▲9.7% | ▼0% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼16.4% | ▼34.7% | ▲92.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.6% | ▲3.5% | ▼1.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £684k | £1.4m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £292k | £563k | £617k | £398k |
| Current assets | £4m | £4.7m | £4.8m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £2m | £2.9m | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £87.4k | £33.2k | £34.7k | £61.3k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £455k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- 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
- 9.1%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲32%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- ▲77%
- Now £61.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▼36%
- Now £398k
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
- John Henshall (Fruit Salesmen) Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- John Henshall (Fruit Salesmen) 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 Mar 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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