Total Foodservice Solutions Limited
Registered name: TOTAL FOODSERVICE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of Kite UK Topco Limited groupTotal Foodservice Solutions Limited made £37.6m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2024.
Total Foodservice Solutions Limited’s revenue was £37.6m in the year to 31 Oct 2024, with £1.6m profit and 92 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in North Shields; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- North Shields
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.6m | £25.4m | £25.4m | £37.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£14.4m | −£16.8m | −£16.8m | −£25.2m |
| Gross profit | £7.2m | £8.5m | £8.5m | £12.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £1.9m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £2m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 96 | 98 | 98 | 92 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.9% | 6.1% | 6.1% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | 33.4% | 33.7% | 33.7% | 32.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £225k | £259k | £259k | £409k |
| Profit per employee | £13.2k | £15.8k | £15.8k | £17.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.3% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲21.9% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.1% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £409k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.7k
- 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 92
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Kite UK Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Kite UK Midco Limited75–100%
- Kite UK Bidco Limited75–100%
- Kitwave Group Limited75–100%
- Kitwave Investments Limited75–100%
- Kitwave One Limited75–100%
- Kitwave Limited75–100%
- David Miller Frozen Foods Limited75–100%
- Total Foodservice Solutions 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).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Oct 2024 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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