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Company No. 02572217 · Incorporated 7 Jan 1991

Arden Fine Foods (UK) Limited

Registered name: ARDEN FINE FOODS (UK) LIMITED

Part of Shareco 5 Ltd group

Arden Fine Foods (UK) Limited made £42.1m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.

Arden Fine Foods (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £42.1m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £2.5m profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in Coventry; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46170Agents involved in the sale of food, beverages and tobacco
Status
Active
Location
Coventry, West Midlands
Age
35 yrs · since 1991
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.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Apr 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£42.1m
Growth ▲9.7%
Profit
£2.5m
Growth ▼11.5%
Profit margin
5.8%
Gross 22.5%
Employees
37
Change ▲12.1%
Profit / employee
£66.5k
Revenue/employee £1.1m
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Apr 202230 Apr 202330 Apr 202430 Apr 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£29.2m£35m£38.4m£42.1m
Cost of sales£22.5m£27.5m£29.8m£32.6m
Gross profit£6.7m£7.5m£8.6m£9.5m
Operating profit£2.9m£3.2m£3.7m£3.2m
Profit before tax£2.9m£3.2m£3.7m£3.3m
Profit after tax£2.4m£2.6m£2.8m£2.5m
Profit (best available)£2.4m£2.6m£2.8m£2.5m
Staff costs£2.1m£2.2m£2.6m£2.8m
Employees (average)30323337
Ratios
Profit margin8.1%7.5%7.2%5.8%
Gross margin22.9%21.4%22.3%22.5%
Revenue per employee£974k£1.1m£1.2m£1.1m
Profit per employee£78.9k£82k£84.2k£66.5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲20%▲9.6%▲9.7%
Profit growth—▲10.9%▲6%▼11.5%
Headcount growth—▲6.7%▲3.1%▲12.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£754k£609k£2.1m£3m
Net assets£3.8m£4.4m£5.3m£6.4m
Fixed assets£32.6k£31.9k£29.2k£20.9k
Current assets£7.3m£8.7m£9.5m£11.2m
Debtors£3.2m£4.4m£3.6m£3.9m
SourceAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
5.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
22.5%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£1.1m
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£66.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.1%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
9.3%
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
▲20%
Now £6.4m
Cash at bank
▲44%
Now £3m
Headcount
▲12%
Now 37
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▼29%
Now £20.9k
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Shareco 5 Ltdultimate parent75–100%
  2. Shareco 4 Ltd75–100%
  3. Arden Topco Limited75–100%
  4. Calco (104) Limited75–100%
  5. Arden Fine Foods (UK) Limitedthis company

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

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

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026

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