Arden Fine Foods (UK) Limited
Registered name: ARDEN FINE FOODS (UK) LIMITED
Part of Shareco 5 Ltd groupArden 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.
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full 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) | 30 | 32 | 33 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.1% | 7.5% | 7.2% | 5.8% |
| Gross margin | 22.9% | 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 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
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.
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
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Shareco 5 Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Shareco 4 Ltd75–100%
- Arden Topco Limited75–100%
- Calco (104) Limited75–100%
- 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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