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Company No. 00927063 · Incorporated 8 Feb 1968

Fresh Service Limited

Registered name: FRESH SERVICE LIMITED

Part of Porter Group Holdings Limited group

Fresh Service Limited made £14.8m revenue and £194k profit in the year to 29 Mar 2025.

Fresh Service Limited’s revenue was £14.8m in the year to 29 Mar 2025, with £194k profit and 112 employees. The company is classified under “operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities” and is based in Dartford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Dartford, South East
Age
58 yrs · since 1968
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.

Latest accounts · year to 29 Mar 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightBoring industry
Revenue
£14.8m
Growth —
Profit
£194k
Growth —
Profit margin
1.3%
Gross 28.3%
Employees
112
Change —
Profit / employee
£1.7k
Revenue/employee £132k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to26 Nov 202229 Mar 202430 Mar 202429 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£14.2m£19.2m£19.2m£14.8m
Cost of sales£10.1m−£13.9m£13.9m−£10.6m
Gross profit£4.2m£5.2m£5.2m£4.2m
Operating profit£442k£567k£567k£263k
Profit before tax£443k£508k£508k£274k
Profit after tax£388k£363k£363k£194k
Profit (best available)£388k£363k£363k£194k
Staff costs£3.2m—£4.7m—
Employees (average)115119119112
Ratios
Profit margin2.7%1.9%1.9%1.3%
Gross margin29.3%27.3%27.3%28.3%
Revenue per employee£124k£161k£161k£132k
Profit per employee£3.4k£3k£3k£1.7k
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£936k—£921k—
Net assets£2.1m—£2.5m—
Fixed assets£186k—£144k—
Current assets£3.6m—£3.8m—
Debtors£1.8m—£2.2m—
Deferred income£890k—£266k—
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
1.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
28.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£132k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£1.7k
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.
Indirect — not revenue

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 112
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Porter Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Fresh Service Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (2)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 29 Mar 2025 (profit £194k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026

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