The Little Food Company Limited
Registered name: THE LITTLE FOOD COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Dunsters Farm (Holdings) Limited groupThe Little Food Company Limited made £0 revenue and £0 profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
The Little Food Company Limited’s revenue fell 100% to £0 in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £0 profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of meat and meat products” and is based in Oswestry; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oswestry, West Midlands
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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. From the filing: “Dunsters Farm (Holdings) Limited is the parent of the largest and smallest group for which consolidated financial statements are prepared which include The Little Food Company Limited. The registered ”
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 | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £4.1m | £0 |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £3.4m | £0 |
| Gross profit | — | — | £673k | £0 |
| Operating profit | — | — | £165k | £0 |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £165k | £0 |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £121k | £0 |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £121k | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 28 | 13 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 2.9% | — |
| Gross margin | — | — | 16.3% | — |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £317k | — |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £9.3k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼100% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼100% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼53.6% | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £560k | £139k | £2 | £2 |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.4m | £2 | £2 |
| Fixed assets | £46.2k | £63.3k | £0 | — |
| Current assets | £1.5m | £2.2m | £2 | — |
| Debtors | £337k | £489k | £0 | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
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
- —
- 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
- 0%
- Now £2
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £2
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dunsters Farm (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Little Food Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Ralph Livesey LimitedRev. £37.4m · Profit −£1.4m
- Dunsters Farm LimitedRev. £32.1m · Profit £283k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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