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Company No. 01972264 · Incorporated 18 Dec 1985

Nationwide Produce PLC

Registered name: NATIONWIDE PRODUCE PLC

Part of Nationwide Produce Group Holdings Limited group

Nationwide Produce PLC made £204m revenue and £3.1m profit in the year to 30 May 2025. read from filing text

Nationwide Produce PLC’s revenue grew 10% to £204m in the year to 30 May 2025, with £3.1m profit and 228 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Southport; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection I · Accommodation and food servicesSIC 56290Other food services
Status
Active
Location
Southport, North West
Age
40 yrs · since 1985
Type
Public 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. From the filing: “The company's immediate parent is Nationwide Produce Holdings Plc, incorporated in England and Wales. The company's ultimate parent is Nationwide Produce Group Holdings Limited, incorporated in Englan”

Latest accounts · year to 30 May 2025

Key figures

Operating leverage
Revenue
£204m
Growth ▲9.5%
Profit
£3.1m
Growth ▲18%
Profit margin
1.5%
Gross 13.1%
Employees
228
Change ▲4.6%
Profit / employee
£13.8k
Revenue/employee £895k
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.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to2 Jun 202331 May 202430 May 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£177m£186m£204m
Cost of sales£157m£161m£177m
Gross profit£19.3m£24.9m£26.8m
Operating profit£2.4m£4.1m£4.8m
Profit before tax£2.1m£3.5m£4.2m
Profit after tax£1.7m£2.7m£3.1m
Profit (best available)£1.7m£2.7m£3.1m
Staff costs£12.1m£13.5m£15.6m
Employees (average)198218228
Ratios
Profit margin1%1.4%1.5%
Gross margin10.9%13.4%13.1%
Revenue per employee£892k£855k£895k
Profit per employee£8.7k£12.2k£13.8k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲5.5%▲9.5%
Profit growth—▲53.5%▲18%
Headcount growth—▲10.1%▲4.6%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.4m£2.4m£2m
Net assets£12.4m£14.8m£17.9m
Fixed assets£12.8m£14.6m£21.3m
Current assets£32m£32.5m£35.8m
Debtors£25.3m£25.2m£26.4m
Deferred income£694k£1.3m£578k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
1.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
13.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£895k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£13.8k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
10.4%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
13%
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
▲21%
Now £17.9m
Cash at bank
▼18%
Now £2m
Headcount
▲5%
Now 228
Deferred income
▼56%
Now £578k
Fixed assets
▲46%
Now £21.3m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Nationwide Produce Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Nationwide Produce Holdings PLC75–100%
  3. Nationwide Produce PLCthis company

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

Subsidiaries (2)

Sister companies (1)

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

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 May 2025 (profit £3.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026

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