E-Foods Limited
Registered name: E-FOODS LIMITED
Part of Compass Group PLC groupE-Foods Limited made £50.7m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
E-Foods Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £50.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.3m profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £48.2m | £52.6m | £50.7m |
| Cost of sales | −£40.6m | −£43.6m | −£44.2m |
| Gross profit | £7.5m | £9m | £6.5m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £4m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £4m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £3.1m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £3.1m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | 62 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 5.8% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 15.7% | 17.1% | 12.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £818k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £21.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.1% | ▼3.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲87.7% | ▼56.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £818k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.5k
- 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.
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
- —
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Compass Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Hospitality Holdings Limited75–100%
- Compass Group Holdings Public Limited Company75–100%
- Compass Group, UK and Ireland Limited75–100%
- Foodbuy Europe Limited75–100%
- Ef Group Ltd75–100%
- E-Foods Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Air Publishing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vivo Markets LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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