Nortech Foods Limited
Registered name: NORTECH FOODS LIMITED
Part of Saria Limited groupNortech Foods Limited made £25.1m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Nortech Foods Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £25.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.1m profit and 38 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of oils and fats” and is based in Doncaster; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1982
- 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.
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) | £27.2m | £26m | £26m | £25.1m |
| Operating profit | −£1.2m | −£1.9m | £273k | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.2m | −£2.2m | −£229k | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£880k | −£1.7m | −£173k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£880k | −£1.7m | −£173k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.3m | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 48 | 37 | 38 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −3.2% | −6.3% | −0.7% | 4.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £604k | £542k | £702k | £661k |
| Profit per employee | −£19.6k | −£34.4k | −£4.7k | £29.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.2% | ▼0.1% | ▼3.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.7% | ▼22.9% | ▲2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £31.6k | £306 | £21 | £6k |
| Net assets | £577k | −£1.1m | −£1.2m | −£114k |
| Fixed assets | £661k | £759k | £806k | £962k |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £4.7m | £4.7m | £3m |
| Debtors | £968k | £942k | £1m | £679k |
| 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
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £661k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £29.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- 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
- —
- Now −£114k
- Cash at bank
- ▲28414%
- Now £6k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 38
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £962k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Saria Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Nortech Foods Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- T. Quality LimitedRev. £130m · Profit −£56.8k
- Sarval LimitedRev. £62.9m · Profit −£2.6m
- Refood UK LimitedRev. £45.6m · Profit £903k
- Sarval (Hartshill) LimitedRev. £23m · Profit −£4.5m
- Secanim LimitedRev. £11.8m · Profit −£12.5m
- F D Statton & Son LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Oleo Environmental LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Oleo Recycling LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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