Fairfax Meadow Europe Limited
Registered name: FAIRFAX MEADOW EUROPE LIMITED
Part of Cucina Lux Investments Limited groupFairfax Meadow Europe Limited made £167m revenue and £3.8m profit in the year to 30 Dec 2024.
Fairfax Meadow Europe Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £167m in the year to 30 Dec 2024, with £3.8m profit. The company is classified under “production of meat and poultry meat products” and is based in Ashford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ashford
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 30 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2023 | 30 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £158m | £168m | £168m | £167m |
| Cost of sales | −£143m | −£149m | −£149m | −£148m |
| Gross profit | £15.5m | £18.9m | £18.9m | £19m |
| Operating profit | £4.8m | £5.2m | £5.2m | £5.4m |
| Profit before tax | £4.4m | £4.9m | £4.9m | £5.4m |
| Profit after tax | £3.7m | £3.8m | £3.8m | £3.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.7m | £3.8m | £3.8m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 9.8% | 11.2% | 11.2% | 11.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.3% | — | ▼0.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2.4% | — | ▼0.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- 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
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- 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
- Cucina Lux Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cucina Finance (UK) Limited75–100%
- Cucina Acquisition (UK) Limited75–100%
- Sysco GB Limited75–100%
- Fairfax Meadow Europe Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Fairfax Meadow LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (7)
- Brake Bros Foodservice LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Campbell's Prime Meat LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fresh Direct (UK) LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Fresh Direct LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Kent Frozen Foods LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Medina Quay Meats LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Sysco Foods Ni LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Dec 2024 (profit £3.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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