Marks & Spencer Simply Foods Limited
Registered name: MARKS & SPENCER SIMPLY FOODS LIMITED
Part of Marks and Spencer Group P.L.C. groupMarks & Spencer Simply Foods Limited made £685m revenue and £128m profit in the year to 29 Mar 2025.
Marks & Spencer Simply Foods Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £685m in the year to 29 Mar 2025, with £128m profit. The company is classified under “other retail sale in non-specialised stores” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Mar 2023 | 29 Mar 2024 | 30 Mar 2024 | 29 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £673m | £696m | £696m | £685m |
| Cost of sales | −£460m | −£469m | −£469m | −£461m |
| Gross profit | £213m | £227m | £227m | £224m |
| Operating profit | £139m | £155m | £155m | £156m |
| Profit before tax | £136m | £176m | £176m | £170m |
| Profit after tax | £110m | £132m | £132m | £128m |
| Profit (best available) | £110m | £132m | £132m | £128m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 16.3% | 18.9% | 18.9% | 18.7% |
| Gross margin | 31.7% | 32.7% | 32.7% | 32.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.4% | — | ▼1.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲20.3% | — | ▼3.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 18.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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 —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Marks and Spencer Group P.L.C.ultimate parent75–100%
- Marks and Spencer P.L.C.75–100%
- Marks & Spencer Simply Foods Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (36)
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- Marks and Sparks LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marks and Spencer (Bradford) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marks and Spencer (Investment Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marks and Spencer (Jaeger) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marks and Spencer (Northern Ireland) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marks and Spencer (Property Investments) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marks and Spencer (Property Ventures) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marks and Spencer 2005 (Brooklands Store) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marks and Spencer 2005 (Chester Store) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marks and Spencer 2005 (Fife Road Kingston Store) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marks and Spencer 2005 (Glasgow Sauchiehall Store) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marks and Spencer 2005 (Hedge End Store) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marks and Spencer 2005 (Kensington Store) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marks and Spencer 2005 (Kingston-on-Thames Satellite Store) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marks and Spencer 2005 (Kingston-on-Thames Store) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marks and Spencer 2005 (Parman House Kingston Store) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marks and Spencer 2005 (Pudsey Store) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marks and Spencer 2005 (Warrington Gemini Store) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marks and Spencer France LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marks and Spencer International Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marks and Spencer Pearl (1) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marks and Spencer Pearl (Daventry) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marks and Spencer Property Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marks and Spencer Scottish Limited PartnershipFigures not disclosed
- Ruby Properties (Cumbernauld) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ruby Properties (Thorncliffe) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ruby Properties (Tunbridge) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Simply Food (Property Ventures) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- ST. Michael Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Sports Edit LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 29 Mar 2025 (profit £128m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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