Foodspeed Limited
Registered name: FOODSPEED LIMITED
Part of Gazelle UK Holdings Ltd groupFoodspeed Limited made £27.4m revenue and £3.9m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Foodspeed Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £27.4m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £3.9m profit and 65 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of dairy products, eggs and edible oils and fats” and is based in Hayes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hayes, London
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.7m | £26.4m | £25.9m | £27.4m |
| Cost of sales | £13.7m | £18.2m | £17.6m | £19.5m |
| Gross profit | £6m | £8.3m | £8.3m | £8m |
| Operating profit | £3.4m | £5.5m | £3.4m | £3.7m |
| Profit before tax | £3.5m | £5.8m | £4m | £5.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.9m | £4.6m | £3m | £3.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.9m | £4.6m | £3m | £3.9m |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £1.9m | £3.4m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 55 | 54 | 63 | 65 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.5% | 17.3% | 11.6% | 14.4% |
| Gross margin | 30.6% | 31.2% | 32% | 29% |
| Revenue per employee | £359k | £490k | £412k | £422k |
| Profit per employee | £52k | £84.7k | £47.7k | £60.7k |
| Cash conversion | −73.9% | −107.6% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲34% | ▼1.9% | ▲5.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲60.1% | ▼34.4% | ▲31.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.8% | ▲16.7% | ▲3.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.1m | £3.9m | £8m | £6.9m |
| Net assets | £18m | £22.6m | £25.6m | £29.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £4.6m | £6.2m | £10.9m |
| Current assets | £18.5m | £21m | £21.4m | £21.8m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £2.6m | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.5m | −£6m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £422k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £60.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 39.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.9%
- 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 £29.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼14%
- Now £6.9m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 65
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲75%
- Now £10.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Gazelle UK Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Foodspeed Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £3.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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