D D C Foods Limited
Registered name: D D C FOODS LIMITED
D D C Foods Limited made £26.1m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
D D C Foods Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £26.1m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.1m profit and 81 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetable juices, mineral water and soft drinks” and is based in Hemel Hempstead; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hemel Hempstead, South East
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1998
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.7m | £27.3m | £25.5m | £26.1m |
| Cost of sales | £14.6m | £23.6m | £21.4m | £21.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £3.7m | £4m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | £535k | £1.1m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £424k | £930k | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £333k | £771k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £333k | £771k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £2m | £3m | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 80 | 87 | 80 | 81 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2% | 2.8% | 4.3% | 4.2% |
| Gross margin | 12.9% | 13.4% | 15.9% | 16.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £209k | £314k | £318k | £322k |
| Profit per employee | £4.2k | £8.9k | £13.7k | £13.4k |
| Cash conversion | −144.8% | −130.7% | −78.3% | −31.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲62.9% | ▼6.7% | ▲2.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲131.3% | ▲42.6% | ▼1.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.8% | ▼8.1% | ▲1.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.6k | £3.2k | £5.7k | £14.9k |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £3.3m | £4m | £4.9m |
| Fixed assets | £4.6m | £4.9m | £5m | £5.2m |
| Current assets | £5m | £6m | £5.8m | £7.4m |
| Debtors | £4m | £5.1m | £4.7m | £3.7m |
| Deferred income | £519k | £650k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£775k | −£1.5m | −£1.3m | −£516k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £322k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −31.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.4%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £4.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲163%
- Now £14.9k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 81
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £5.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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