Fresh Direct (UK) Limited
Registered name: FRESH DIRECT (UK) LIMITED
Part of Cucina Lux Investments Limited groupFresh Direct (UK) Limited made £319m revenue and £0 profit in the year to 30 Jun 2024.
Fresh Direct (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £319m in the year to 30 Jun 2024, with £0 profit. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Ashford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ashford
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 2 Jul 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 2 Jul 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £283m | £313m | £313m | £319m |
| Cost of sales | −£294m | −£311m | −£311m | −£318m |
| Operating profit | −£11.3m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £880k |
| Profit before tax | −£11.7m | £657k | £657k | £421k |
| Profit after tax | −£8.1m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £0 |
| Profit (best available) | −£8.1m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £0 |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −2.9% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.6% | — | ▲1.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cucina Lux Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cucina Finance (UK) Limited75–100%
- Cucina Acquisition (UK) Limited75–100%
- Sysco GB Limited75–100%
- Fresh Direct (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Brake Bros Foodservice LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Campbell's Prime Meat LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fairfax Meadow Europe LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fresh Direct LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Kent Frozen Foods LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Medina Quay Meats LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Sysco Foods Ni LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2024 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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