C.K. (Fast Food Suppliers) Limited
Registered name: C.K. (FAST FOOD SUPPLIERS) LIMITED
Part of C.K. Foods Holdings Limited groupC.K. (Fast Food Suppliers) Limited made £31.2m revenue and £330k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
C.K. (Fast Food Suppliers) Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £31.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £330k profit and 71 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Hull; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hull, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 1999
- 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
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) | £28.2m | £35.7m | £32.2m | £31.2m |
| Cost of sales | £23.2m | £31.4m | £27.9m | £27.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £4.2m | £4.3m | £4m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £167k | £133k | £396k |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £168k | £133k | £397k |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £176k | £142k | £330k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £176k | £142k | £330k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £2m | £2.2m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 67 | 76 | 86 | 71 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 17.6% | 11.8% | 13.4% | 12.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £420k | £469k | £375k | £440k |
| Profit per employee | £19k | £2.3k | £1.7k | £4.6k |
| Cash conversion | −142.1% | −141.6% | −735.2% | −96.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲26.7% | ▼9.6% | ▼3.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼86.2% | ▼18.9% | ▲131.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.4% | ▲13.2% | ▼17.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £435k | £741k | £527k |
| Net assets | £5m | £4.8m | £4.5m | £4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £8.6m | £8.5m | £7.1m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £1m | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.4m | −£237k | −£975k | −£383k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £440k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −96.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- 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 £4.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼29%
- Now £527k
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 71
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £2.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- C.K. Foods Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- C.K. (Fast Food Suppliers) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- C.K. Foods (Processing) LimitedRev. £38m · Profit £1.7m
- C.K. Retail LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £330k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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