Orchard Valley Foods Limited
Registered name: ORCHARD VALLEY FOODS LIMITED
Part of Idun Industri As groupOrchard Valley Foods Limited made £35.8m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Orchard Valley Foods Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £35.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.8m profit and 165 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in Worcestershire; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Worcestershire, West Midlands
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2003
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate parent company is NIC Enterprises Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales, which holds 100% of the share capital of Orchard Valley Foods Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £34.1m | £37.1m | £35.8m |
| Cost of sales | £25.1m | £25.4m | £23.7m |
| Gross profit | £9m | £11.8m | £12.1m |
| Operating profit | £346k | £2.4m | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | −£196k | £2m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£373k | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£373k | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £6.1m | £6.7m | £6.8m |
| Employees (average) | 188 | 181 | 165 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1.1% | 5.1% | 5.1% |
| Gross margin | 26.4% | 31.6% | 33.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £182k | £205k | £217k |
| Profit per employee | −£2k | £10.4k | £11.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.8% | ▼3.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼3.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.7% | ▼8.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.1m | £1.5m | £667k |
| Net assets | £3.7m | £5.6m | £7.1m |
| Fixed assets | £10.5m | £9.8m | £9.2m |
| Current assets | £14m | £11m | £9.9m |
| Debtors | £6.1m | £5.2m | £4.7m |
| Deferred income | £483k | £452k | £418k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £217k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 25.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.1%
- 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
- ▲27%
- Now £7.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼56%
- Now £667k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 165
- Deferred income
- ▼7%
- Now £418k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £9.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Idun Industri As (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Nic Enterprises Limited75–100%
- Orchard Valley Foods Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Food Ingredients International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Orchard Valley Wolverhampton LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Premier Chocolate LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (9)
- Cake Decor LtdRev. £27.6m · Profit £2.5m
- Call Caterlink LtdRev. — · Profit £129
- CBD Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- County Confectionery LimitedFigures not disclosed
- For All Baking LtdFigures not disclosed
- Gortrush Trading LimitedRev. — · Profit −£288k
- Marcantonio Foods LimitedFigures not disclosed
- One Nic UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Waverley Bakery 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 2024 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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