B M Foods Limited
Registered name: B M FOODS LIMITED
Part of Indigo Food Group Holdings Limited groupB M Foods Limited made £58.7m revenue and £652k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
B M Foods Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £58.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £652k profit and 233 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of meat and meat products” and is based in Bristol; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2002
- 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 Jan 2022 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.9m | £33.9m | £49.9m | £51.4m | £58.7m |
| Cost of sales | £23.9m | £26m | £36.7m | £40.5m | £48.2m |
| Gross profit | £7.9m | £7.9m | £13.2m | £10.9m | £10.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £776k | £1.8m | £1.5m | £944k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £711k | £1.7m | £1.5m | £872k |
| Profit after tax | £936k | £621k | £1.2m | £1.2m | £652k |
| Profit (best available) | £936k | £621k | £1.2m | £1.2m | £652k |
| Staff costs | £6.7m | £7.4m | £9.3m | £9.9m | £11.4m |
| Employees (average) | 203 | 203 | 216 | 217 | 233 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 1.8% | 2.5% | 2.3% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 24.9% | 23.3% | 26.4% | 21.2% | 18% |
| Revenue per employee | £157k | £167k | £231k | £237k | £252k |
| Profit per employee | £4.6k | £3.1k | £5.8k | £5.4k | £2.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.4% | ▲47.3% | ▲3.1% | ▲14.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼33.7% | ▲100.5% | ▼6.6% | ▼43.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲6.4% | ▲0.5% | ▲7.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £49.2k | £1.3m | £1.8m | £248k | £262k |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.8m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £3.1m | £3.2m | £3m | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £6m | £6.4m | £6.7m | £7.6m | £8m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2.6m | £2.9m | £2.6m |
| Deferred income | £524k | £544k | £718k | £1m | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £252k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- 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
- ▲37%
- Now £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲6%
- Now £262k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 233
- Deferred income
- ▲3%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £2.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Indigo Food Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Indigo Food Group Limited75–100%
- B M Foods Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Edgmond Foods LimitedRev. £32.1m · Profit £1.4m
- Winning Blend LimitedRev. £22.1m · Profit −£156k
- Ifg Investco LimitedFigures 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 Dec 2025 (profit £652k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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