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Company No. 04307559 · Incorporated 19 Oct 2001

CP Foods (UK) Limited

Registered name: CP FOODS (UK) LIMITED

Part of Charoen Pokphand Foods Pcl group

CP Foods (UK) Limited made £123m revenue and £7.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

CP Foods (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £123m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £7.3m profit and 215 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of meat and meat products” and is based in Malvern; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46320Wholesale of meat and meat productsSIC 46380Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Status
Active
Location
Malvern, West Midlands
Age
25 yrs · since 2001
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£123m
Growth ▼9.1%
Profit
£7.3m
Growth ▲43.7%
Profit margin
5.9%
Gross 13.9%
Employees
215
Change ▲9.7%
Profit / employee
£33.9k
Revenue/employee £570k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£133m£135m£123m
Cost of sales−£118m−£117m−£105m
Gross profit£15.5m£17.7m£17.1m
Operating profit£8.2m£7.7m£9.7m
Profit before tax£7.1m£7.3m£9.7m
Profit after tax£5.3m£5.1m£7.3m
Profit (best available)£5.3m£5.1m£7.3m
Employees (average)200196215
Ratios
Profit margin4%3.8%5.9%
Gross margin11.7%13.1%13.9%
Revenue per employee£665k£688k£570k
Profit per employee£26.5k£25.9k£33.9k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲1.3%▼9.1%
Profit growth—▼4.4%▲43.7%
Headcount growth—▼2%▲9.7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets———
SourceAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
5.9%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
13.9%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£570k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£33.9k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
—
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
—
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
—
Now —
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
▲10%
Now 215
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Charoen Pokphand Foods Pcl (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. CP Foods (UK) Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (50)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £7.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026

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