Patchwork Foods Limited
Registered name: PATCHWORK FOODS LIMITED
Part of Davies Enterprise Holdings Limited groupPatchwork Foods Limited made a £911k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
Patchwork Foods Limited reported a loss of £911k in the year to 30 Apr 2024; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 27 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 | 30 Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £12.9k | −£23.2k | −£911k |
| Profit (best available) | £12.9k | −£23.2k | −£911k |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 23 | 27 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £559 | −£1k | −£33.8k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.7k | £402 | £118 |
| Net assets | £476k | £503k | −£408k |
| Fixed assets | £625k | £786k | £40k |
| Current assets | £493k | £471k | £248k |
| Debtors | £195k | £265k | £94.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£33.8k
- 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 −£408k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £118
- Headcount
- —
- Now 27
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £40k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Davies Enterprise Holdings Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Patchwork Foods Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Hilltop Food Group LimitedRev. £45.4m · Profit £1.4m
- Waterfields (Leigh) LimitedRev. £14.8m · Profit −£228k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2024 (profit −£911k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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