Fruco PLC
Registered name: FRUCO PLC
Part of Lane Organisation Limited groupFruco PLC made £8.2m revenue and £122k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Fruco PLC’s revenue fell 8% to £8.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £122k profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1975
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 ultimate parent company is Lane Organisation Limited (company no. 09337881). The company is incorporated in England and Wales and its registered office is 5 Warren Court, Park Road, Crowborough, T”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.4m | £9m | £8.2m |
| Cost of sales | £6.4m | £7.8m | £7.2m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1m |
| Operating profit | £133k | £142k | £145k |
| Profit before tax | £134k | £144k | £156k |
| Profit after tax | £101k | £105k | £122k |
| Profit (best available) | £101k | £105k | £122k |
| Employees (average) | — | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 14.5% | 13.6% | 12.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £4.5m | £4.1m |
| Profit per employee | — | £52.6k | £61.2k |
| Cash conversion | 233.2% | −35.4% | 23% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.7% | ▼8.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲4% | ▲16.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £953k | £822k | £714k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £2.7k | £1.6k | £57k |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Debtors | £737k | £548k | £821k |
| Deferred income | £30.4k | £34.1k | £54.4k |
| Cash from operations | £310k | −£50.4k | £33.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £4.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £61.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 23%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £1.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼13%
- Now £714k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▲59%
- Now £54.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3562%
- Now £57k
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
- Lane Organisation Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Fruco PLCthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £122k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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