Peninsula Seafoods Limited
Registered name: PENINSULA SEAFOODS LIMITED
Peninsula Seafoods Limited made £20.2m revenue and £512k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Peninsula Seafoods Limited’s revenue grew 23% to £20.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £512k profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs” and is based in Barnstaple; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barnstaple, South West
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.1m | £22m | £16.4m | £20.2m |
| Cost of sales | £17.8m | £19.9m | £14.5m | £18.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £2.1m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £788k | £603k | £672k | £684k |
| Profit after tax | £634k | £455k | £503k | £512k |
| Profit (best available) | £634k | £455k | £503k | £512k |
| Staff costs | £285k | £294k | £369k | £403k |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.2% | 2.1% | 3.1% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 11.1% | 9.7% | 11.4% | 10.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.5m | £2.8m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Profit per employee | £79.3k | £56.9k | £62.8k | £56.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.9% | ▼25.7% | ▲23.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼28.2% | ▲10.5% | ▲1.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲12.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £527k | £551k | £79.9k | £293k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £1.8m | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £4.3k | £8.9k | £17.7k | £16.9k |
| Current assets | £8.6m | £6.9m | £6.6m | £9.8m |
| Debtors | £5.7m | £3.6m | £2.5m | £5.5m |
| Deferred income | £9.6k | £285k | £598k | £636k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.2m | £2.5m | £856k | −£1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £56.9k
- 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
- 3.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 27.3%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲266%
- Now £293k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- ▲6%
- Now £636k
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £16.9k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £512k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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