The Heritage Fine Food Company Limited
Registered name: THE HERITAGE FINE FOOD COMPANY LIMITED
The Heritage Fine Food Company Limited made £10m revenue and £74.6k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
The Heritage Fine Food Company Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £10m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £74.6k profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets” and is based in Devizes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Devizes, South West
- Age
- 26 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.9m | £10.6m | £10m |
| Cost of sales | — | £7.6m | £7.3m | £6.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.3m | £3.2m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £320k | £160k |
| Profit before tax | — | £502k | £309k | £139k |
| Profit after tax | — | £371k | £255k | £74.6k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £371k | £255k | £74.6k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 80 | 81 | 78 | 75 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 3.4% | 2.4% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 30.3% | 30.6% | 32% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £134k | £135k | £133k |
| Profit per employee | — | £4.6k | £3.3k | £994 |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 202.3% | 41.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼2.8% | ▼5.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼31.4% | ▼70.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.3% | ▼3.7% | ▼3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £48.5k | £171k | £153k | £42.7k |
| Net assets | £465k | £599k | £425k | £362k |
| Fixed assets | £214k | £206k | £296k | £324k |
| Current assets | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Debtors | £750k | £870k | £858k | £899k |
| Cash from operations | — | £501k | £648k | £65.9k |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £133k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £994
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 41.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9%
- 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
- ▼15%
- Now £362k
- Cash at bank
- ▼72%
- Now £42.7k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £324k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £74.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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