Pasta Foods Limited
Registered name: PASTA FOODS LIMITED
Part of Milton Webber Ltd groupPasta Foods Limited made a £588k loss in the year to 31 Oct 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Pasta Foods Limited reported a loss of £588k in the year to 31 Oct 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 85 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous and similar farinaceous products” and is based in Norwich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Norwich, East of England
- Age
- 70 yrs · since 1956
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate parent company is Milton Webber Ltd, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £21.3m | £25.8m | — | — |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £8.1m | — | — |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £5.9m | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £4.8m | £1.2m | −£339k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £3.9m | £930k | −£588k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £3.9m | £930k | −£588k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £3.6m | £3.2m | — |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 74 | 78 | 85 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £18.1k | £53.1k | £11.9k | −£6.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▲229.6% | ▼76.3% | ▼163.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.1% | ▲5.4% | ▲9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £1.9m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £12.7m | £16.7m | £17.6m | £17m |
| Fixed assets | £4.5m | £3.9m | £3.1m | £2.9m |
| Current assets | £30.5m | £30.9m | £37.6m | £33.1m |
| Debtors | £6.5m | £6.9m | £5.7m | £4.8m |
| Deferred income | £804k | £1.4m | £989k | £982k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.9k
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £17m
- Cash at bank
- ▼11%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 85
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £982k
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £2.9m
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
- Milton Webber Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Pasta Foods Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Snack Creations LtdRev. £27.4m · Profit −£3.5m
- Pretty Investments LimitedRev. — · Profit £91.3k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit −£588k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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