Filco Supermarkets Limited
Registered name: FILCO SUPERMARKETS LIMITED
Filco Supermarkets Limited made £23.4m revenue and a £806k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Filco Supermarkets Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £23.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £806k and 262 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating” and is based in South Glamorgan; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- South Glamorgan, Wales
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.2m | £22.5m | £23.7m | £23.4m |
| Cost of sales | £16.8m | £17m | £17.8m | £18m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £5.5m | £5.9m | £5.5m |
| Profit before tax | £16.2k | −£187k | −£1.6k | −£823k |
| Profit after tax | −£7k | −£195k | −£60.3k | −£806k |
| Profit (best available) | −£7k | −£195k | −£60.3k | −£806k |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £3.8m | £4m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | 260 | 271 | 261 | 262 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0% | −0.9% | −0.3% | −3.4% |
| Gross margin | 24.3% | 24.3% | 25.1% | 23.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £85.6k | £83k | £90.9k | £89.5k |
| Profit per employee | −£27 | −£719 | −£231 | −£3.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.2% | ▲5.4% | ▼1.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.2% | ▼3.7% | ▲0.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £9.8m | £11.7m | £10.5m | £9.3m |
| Fixed assets | £7.8m | £10.1m | £8.9m | £8.7m |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £3.2m | £3.4m | £2.9m |
| Debtors | £44.3k | £90.2k | £72.5k | £127k |
| Cash from operations | −£460k | £47.5k | −£426k | £12.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £89.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 37.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- 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
- ▼11%
- Now £9.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼23%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲0%
- Now 262
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £8.7m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£806k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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