Dole UK Limited
Registered name: DOLE UK LIMITED
Part of Dole Plc groupDole UK Limited made £200m revenue and £3.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Dole UK Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £200m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £3.3m profit and 208 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1987
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £166m | £187m | £200m |
| Cost of sales | −£150m | −£168m | −£178m |
| Gross profit | £16.4m | £19.4m | £21.7m |
| Operating profit | £4.5m | £3.1m | £4.1m |
| Profit before tax | £4.7m | £3.5m | £4.5m |
| Profit after tax | £3.8m | £2.6m | £3.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.8m | £2.6m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 200 | 212 | 208 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 1.4% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 9.8% | 10.4% | 10.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £831k | £883k | £961k |
| Profit per employee | £18.8k | £12.4k | £16k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.7% | ▲6.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼29.8% | ▲26.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6% | ▼1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £961k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16k
- 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.
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
- ▼2%
- Now 208
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dole Plc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- TPH (UK) Limited75–100%
- R Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Redbridge Holdings Limited75–100%
- Saybest Limited75–100%
- Dole UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Avofresh LtdFigures not disclosed
- Four Seasons Harvest LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Total Berry LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (4)
- Francis Nicholls Pension Scheme Trustee LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Leicester Wholesale Fruit Market Limited(The)Figures not disclosed
- Redbridge Produce & Flowers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Redeva LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £3.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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