Eagle Foods Ltd
Registered name: EAGLE FOODS LTD
Eagle Foods Ltd made £14.5m revenue and £420k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Eagle Foods Ltd’s revenue grew 9% to £14.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £420k profit and 34 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of meat and meat products” and is based in Peterborough; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterborough, East of England
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.1m | £13.3m | £14.5m |
| Cost of sales | £14m | £10.9m | £11.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £2.4m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £357k | −£73.4k | £705k |
| Profit before tax | £289k | −£216k | £515k |
| Profit after tax | −£122k | −£354k | £420k |
| Profit (best available) | −£122k | −£354k | £420k |
| Staff costs | £562k | £656k | £826k |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 33 | 34 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.8% | −2.7% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | 12.9% | 17.9% | 21.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £472k | £403k | £427k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.6k | −£10.7k | £12.4k |
| Cash conversion | 58.9% | — | 119.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17.1% | ▲9.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.9% | ▲3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £55k | £46k | £55.2k |
| Net assets | £4.9m | £4.4m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £4m | £4.1m | £4.4m |
| Current assets | £6.9m | £5.7m | £6.2m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £31.6k | £32k | £42k |
| Cash from operations | £210k | £1.3m | £843k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £427k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 119.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 30.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.2%
- 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
- ▼18%
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲20%
- Now £55.2k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- ▲31%
- Now £42k
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £4.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £420k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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