Affco Europe Limited
Registered name: AFFCO EUROPE LIMITED
Part of Affco New Zealand Ltd groupAffco Europe Limited made £80m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Affco Europe Limited’s revenue grew 95% to £80m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.1m profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of meat and meat products” and is based in Woodcote; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Woodcote, South East
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £41m | £80m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £40.1m | £78m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £878k | £2m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £494k | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £494k | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £370k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £370k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 2.1% | 2.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £6.8m | £16m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £61.6k | £225k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 430.5% | 168.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲95.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲204.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲50% | ▼16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £171k | £445k | £2m | £4m |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8k | £3k | £650 | — |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £4.2m | £11.2m | £25.7m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £2.2m | £7.2m | £18.3m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £2.1m | £2.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £16m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £225k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 168.4%
- 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
- 22.9%
- 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
- ▲42%
- Now £1.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲98%
- Now £4m
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Affco New Zealand Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Affco Europe Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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