D H Foods Limited
Registered name: D H FOODS LIMITED
D H Foods Limited made £22.3m revenue and a £72k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
D H Foods Limited’s revenue fell 18% to £22.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £72k and 7 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of meat and meat products” and is based in Woodford Green; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Woodford Green, London
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.5m | £18.6m | £27.1m | £22.3m |
| Cost of sales | £15.5m | £17.5m | £26.1m | £21.5m |
| Gross profit | £989k | £1m | £912k | £806k |
| Operating profit | £804k | £685k | £247k | −£189k |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £736k | £354k | −£169k |
| Profit after tax | £821k | £569k | £192k | −£72k |
| Profit (best available) | £821k | £569k | £192k | −£72k |
| Staff costs | £428k | £580k | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5% | 3.1% | 0.7% | −0.3% |
| Gross margin | 6% | 5.6% | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.8m | £2.7m | £3.9m | £3.2m |
| Profit per employee | £137k | £81.3k | £27.4k | −£10.3k |
| Cash conversion | 160.8% | −162.3% | 49% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.4% | ▲45.5% | ▼17.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼30.7% | ▼66.3% | ▼137.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.7% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £853k | £943k | £666k | £1m |
| Net assets | £5.6m | £6.1m | £6.3m | £6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £650k | £1.5m | £1.6m | £2m |
| Current assets | £7.1m | £7m | £7.2m | £6.3m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £3.2m | £4.3m | £3.8m |
| Cash from operations | £1.3m | −£1.1m | £121k | −£903k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £3.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£10.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.2%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £6.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲57%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲25%
- Now £2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£72k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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