Kent Frozen Foods Limited
Registered name: KENT FROZEN FOODS LIMITED
Part of Cucina Lux Investments Limited groupKent Frozen Foods Limited made £67.2m revenue and a £438k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2024.
Kent Frozen Foods Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £67.2m in the year to 30 Jun 2024, with a loss of £438k. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in Ashford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ashford
- Age
- 64 yrs · since 1962
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 2 Jul 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 2 Jul 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £64.4m | £63.9m | £63.9m | £67.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£62.1m | −£61.8m | −£61.8m | −£67.1m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.2m | — | £75k |
| Operating profit | £2.3m | £2.2m | £2.2m | £75k |
| Profit before tax | £2.3m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £15k |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £2.5m | £2.5m | −£438k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £2.5m | £2.5m | −£438k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | 3.9% | 3.9% | −0.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 3.4% | — | 0.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.7% | — | ▲5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲11.6% | — | ▼117.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 0.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cucina Lux Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cucina Finance (UK) Limited75–100%
- Cucina Acquisition (UK) Limited75–100%
- Sysco GB Limited75–100%
- Kent Frozen Foods Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Brake Bros Foodservice LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Campbell's Prime Meat LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fairfax Meadow Europe LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fresh Direct (UK) LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Fresh Direct LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Medina Quay Meats LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Sysco Foods Ni LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2024 (profit −£438k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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