Fourayes Farm Limited
Registered name: FOURAYES FARM LIMITED
Fourayes Farm Limited made £22.3m revenue and £64.5k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Fourayes Farm Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £22.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £64.5k profit and 96 employees. The company is classified under “other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Kent; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kent, South East
- Age
- 68 yrs · since 1958
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.2m | £20.2m | £21.7m | £22.3m |
| Cost of sales | £9.9m | £16.4m | £18.3m | £18.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £3.8m | £3.4m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | −£611k | £538k | £58k | £458k |
| Profit before tax | −£624k | £470k | −£23.5k | £299k |
| Profit after tax | −£459k | £593k | −£41.3k | £64.5k |
| Profit (best available) | −£459k | £593k | −£41.3k | £64.5k |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £3.2m | £3.4m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 86 | 88 | 90 | 96 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −3.8% | 2.9% | −0.2% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 18.7% | 18.7% | 15.6% | 16.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £142k | £229k | £241k | £233k |
| Profit per employee | −£5.3k | £6.7k | −£459 | £672 |
| Cash conversion | — | 290.9% | −403.1% | 282.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲7.7% | ▲2.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼107% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲2.3% | ▲6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £469k | £544k | £331k | £43.7k |
| Net assets | £3.8m | £4.3m | £4.3m | £4.4m |
| Fixed assets | £4.8m | £5.2m | £5.7m | £5.6m |
| Current assets | £5.4m | £5.1m | £6.7m | £6.5m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £2.6m | £3.5m | £3.5m |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | £2.1m | £1.6m | −£234k | £1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £233k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £672
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 282.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 25%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.6%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £4.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼87%
- Now £43.7k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 96
- Deferred income
- ▼10%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £5.6m
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 Dec 2025 (profit £64.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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