K. Fresh Ltd
Registered name: K. FRESH LTD
Part of K Agri Limited groupK. Fresh Ltd made £17.3m revenue and £4.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
K. Fresh Ltd’s revenue grew 9% to £17.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £4.3m profit and 46 employees. The company is classified under “raising of poultry” and is based in Withernsea Hull; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Withernsea Hull, Yorkshire and The Humber
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £13.2m | £15.8m | £17.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | £9.4m | £8.8m | £9.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.8m | £7.1m | £7.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.2m | £5.2m | £5.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | £2.1m | £5.1m | £5.5m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.9m | £3.8m | £4.3m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.9m | £3.8m | £4.3m |
| Staff costs | — | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 40 | 43 | 46 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 14.5% | 24.2% | 24.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 28.8% | 44.7% | 44.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £329k | £368k | £376k |
| Profit per employee | — | £47.7k | £89.2k | £93.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | −34.7% | −60.6% | −59.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲20.2% | ▲9.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲101% | ▲11.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲7.5% | ▲7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £609k | £914k | £899k | £428k |
| Net assets | £7.2m | £9.1m | £12.8m | £16.7m |
| Fixed assets | £7.9m | £7.7m | £9.6m | £10.2m |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £5m | £7.3m | £11.1m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £2m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£755k | −£3.1m | −£3.2m |
| 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
- 24.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £376k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £93.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −59.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 58.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.7%
- 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
- ▲30%
- Now £16.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼52%
- Now £428k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £10.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- K Agri Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- K. Fresh Ltdthis 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 Mar 2025 (profit £4.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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