Seachill UK Limited
Registered name: SEACHILL UK LIMITED
Part of Hilton Food Group PLC groupSeachill UK Limited made £315m revenue and £3m profit in the year to 29 Dec 2024.
Seachill UK Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £315m in the year to 29 Dec 2024, with £3m profit and 1,034 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of prepared meals and dishes” and is based in Huntingdon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Huntingdon
- Age
- 76 yrs · since 1950
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 29 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2023 | 29 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £306m | £325m | £325m | £315m |
| Cost of sales | −£288m | −£285m | −£285m | −£270m |
| Gross profit | £17.7m | £39.4m | £39.4m | £44.5m |
| Operating profit | −£19.2m | £2.5m | £2.5m | £6.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£20.6m | −£2m | −£2m | £3.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£16m | −£774k | −£774k | £3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£16m | −£774k | −£774k | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 1,048 | 1,289 | 1,289 | 1,034 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −5.2% | −0.2% | −0.2% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 5.8% | 12.2% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £292k | £252k | £252k | £304k |
| Profit per employee | −£15.3k | −£600 | −£600 | £2.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.1% | — | ▼3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲23% | — | ▼19.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £304k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼20%
- Now 1,034
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hilton Food Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Hilton Foods Limited75–100%
- Seachill UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Coldwater Seafood (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Seachill LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (10)
- Evolve 4 Group LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£54.9k
- Greenchain Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hilton Food Group (Europe) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hilton Food Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hilton Food.com LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hilton Foods Asia Pacific LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hilton Foods UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hilton Meats Holland LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hilton Seafood UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hilton Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 29 Dec 2024 (profit £3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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