Rosemary & Thyme Limited
Registered name: ROSEMARY & THYME LIMITED
Part of Ardo Foods Nv groupRosemary & Thyme Limited made £8.9m revenue and £202k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Rosemary & Thyme Limited’s revenue fell 35% to £8.9m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £202k profit and 24 employees. The company is classified under “other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Ashford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ashford, South East
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.3m | £14.5m | £13.5m | £8.9m |
| Cost of sales | £11.6m | £11.4m | £10.8m | £6.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £3.1m | £2.7m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £321k | £252k | £281k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £144k | £241k | £240k |
| Profit after tax | £803k | £110k | £152k | £202k |
| Profit (best available) | £803k | £110k | £152k | £202k |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 42 | 34 | 24 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.3% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 23.8% | 21.2% | 20.1% | 25.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £364k | £345k | £398k | £369k |
| Profit per employee | £19.1k | £2.6k | £4.5k | £8.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.1% | ▼6.7% | ▼34.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼86.3% | ▲38.2% | ▲33.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼19.1% | ▼29.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £536k | £367k | £301k | £2.4k |
| Net assets | £4.6m | £4.7m | £4.9m | £5.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £9.5m | £8.4m | £7.2m | £5.3m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2m | £1.7m | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £369k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £5.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼99%
- Now £2.4k
- Headcount
- ▼29%
- Now 24
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £1.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ardo Foods Nv (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Rosemary & Thyme 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 Jun 2025 (profit £202k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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