True World Foods (UK) Ltd
Registered name: TRUE WORLD FOODS (UK) LTD
True World Foods (UK) Ltd made £37m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
True World Foods (UK) Ltd’s revenue grew 7% to £37m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.2m profit and 92 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1994
- 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. From the filing: “The company is wholly owned subsidiary of True World Foods Limited a company registered in the Republic of Ireland, company number 393077 up until 6 May 2023. The new and the ultimate parent company i”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £36.4m | £34.6m | £37m |
| Cost of sales | £28m | £26.5m | £29m |
| Gross profit | £8.4m | £8.1m | £8m |
| Operating profit | £3.2m | £2.1m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £3.1m | £2.1m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £2.6m | £1.6m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.6m | £1.6m | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £3.3m | £3.9m |
| Employees (average) | 75 | 82 | 92 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.2% | 4.5% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 23% | 23.4% | 21.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £486k | £422k | £402k |
| Profit per employee | £34.8k | £19k | £13.4k |
| Cash conversion | 39.4% | 54.4% | −81.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5% | ▲7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼40.4% | ▼20.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.3% | ▲12.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.5m | £3.9m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £15.3m | £17m | £17.9m |
| Fixed assets | £4.3m | £4.3m | £4.5m |
| Current assets | £14.2m | £15.2m | £16.5m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £3.2m | £3.7m |
| Cash from operations | £1.3m | £1.1m | −£1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £402k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −81.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- 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 £17.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼53%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 92
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £4.5m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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