Crop's Foods Ltd.
Registered name: CROP'S FOODS LTD.
Part of Crop's & Partners UK Limited groupCrop's Foods Ltd. made £111m revenue and £3.7m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Crop's Foods Ltd.’s revenue fell 9% to £111m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £3.7m profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Luton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Luton, East of England
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £98.9m | £117m | £121m | £111m |
| Cost of sales | £94m | £109m | £112m | £102m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £7.5m | £9.5m | £8.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £3.5m | £5.3m | £4.7m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £3.7m | £5.4m | £5.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £2.9m | £4.1m | £3.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £2.9m | £4.1m | £3.7m |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.5m | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 42 | 45 | 43 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | 2.5% | 3.4% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 5% | 6.4% | 7.8% | 7.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.5m | £2.8m | £2.7m | £2.6m |
| Profit per employee | £37.2k | £70.2k | £90.5k | £86.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.8% | ▲3.8% | ▼8.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲98% | ▲38.1% | ▼8.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5% | ▲7.1% | ▼4.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £2.7m | £5.3m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £6m | £7.5m | £9.6m | £11.4m |
| Fixed assets | £2.7k | £18.9k | £29.4k | £19k |
| Current assets | £23.4m | £28.8m | £28.6m | £31m |
| Debtors | £13.8m | £17.5m | £15.1m | £13.9m |
| Deferred income | £1.9m | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £86.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.6%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £11.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼64%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- ▲7%
- Now £2.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼35%
- Now £19k
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
- Crop's & Partners UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Crop's Foods Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Homestead Foods 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £3.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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