Comarket Fruit (UK) Ltd.
Registered name: COMARKET FRUIT (UK) LTD.
Part of Red Brook Holdings Limited groupComarket Fruit (UK) Ltd. made £63.3m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Comarket Fruit (UK) Ltd.’s revenue grew 13% to £63.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.5m profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Waltham Cross; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Waltham Cross, East of England
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1990
- 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) | £41.9m | £50.6m | £55.8m | £63.3m |
| Cost of sales | £40.4m | £48.4m | £53.1m | £60.2m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £2.1m | £2.7m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £736k | £1.1m | £1.5m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £736k | £1.1m | £1.5m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £598k | £822k | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £598k | £822k | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £332k | £554k | £467k | £524k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 1.6% | 2.1% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 3.5% | 4.2% | 4.8% | 5% |
| Revenue per employee | £4.7m | £5.6m | £8m | £7m |
| Profit per employee | £66.4k | £91.4k | £163k | £163k |
| Cash conversion | −117.5% | −190.3% | −65.5% | −17.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.7% | ▲10.4% | ▲13.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲37.5% | ▲38.8% | ▲28.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼22.2% | ▲28.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £2.7m | £2.6m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £1.8m | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £6.3k | £6.9k | £8k | £8.1k |
| Current assets | £6.5m | £9.5m | £11.4m | £12.7m |
| Debtors | £4.3m | £5.7m | £7.2m | £9.6m |
| Cash from operations | −£864k | −£2m | −£983k | −£339k |
| 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
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £7m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £163k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −17.3%
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.2%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼29%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▲29%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £8.1k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Red Brook Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Comarket Fruit (UK) Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Jal Produce 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 £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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