Virani Food Products Limited
Registered name: VIRANI FOOD PRODUCTS LIMITED
Virani Food Products Limited made £23.4m revenue and a £1.2m loss in the year to 27 Jul 2025.
Virani Food Products Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £23.4m in the year to 27 Jul 2025, with a loss of £1.2m and 87 employees. The company is classified under “grain milling” and is based in Wellingborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wellingborough, East Midlands
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1973
- 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 Jul 2022 | 30 Jul 2023 | 28 Jul 2024 | 27 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.1m | £19.9m | £21.4m | £23.4m |
| Cost of sales | £13.3m | £14.6m | £15.7m | £17.6m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £5.3m | £5.7m | £5.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | −£398k | −£180k | −£972k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | −£488k | −£348k | −£1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £945k | −£414k | −£388k | −£1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £945k | −£414k | −£388k | −£1.2m |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.6m | £2.7m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 72 | 80 | 82 | 87 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.2% | −2.1% | −1.8% | −5.3% |
| Gross margin | 26.6% | 26.7% | 26.7% | 25.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £251k | £249k | £261k | £269k |
| Profit per employee | £13.1k | −£5.2k | −£4.7k | −£14.2k |
| Cash conversion | −42.2% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.9% | ▲7.6% | ▲9.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼143.8% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▲2.5% | ▲6.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £798k | £611k | £120k | £146k |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £4.9m | £4.4m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £785k | £901k | £860k | £711k |
| Current assets | £9.7m | £9.4m | £10.4m | £9.7m |
| Debtors | £3.6m | £3.5m | £3.6m | £3.4m |
| Cash from operations | −£489k | £44.9k | £535k | £1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £269k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£14.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.7%
- 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
- ▼30%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲22%
- Now £146k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 87
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £711k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 27 Jul 2025 (profit −£1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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