European Speciality Foods Limited
Registered name: EUROPEAN SPECIALITY FOODS LIMITED
Part of The Menu Partners Limited groupEuropean Speciality Foods Limited made £5.9m revenue and a £543k loss in the year to 28 Mar 2025.
European Speciality Foods Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £5.9m in the year to 28 Mar 2025, with a loss of £543k and 14 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Mar 2023 | 28 Mar 2024 | 28 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.8m | £6.2m | £5.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£5.2m | −£5m | −£5.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £1.2m | £796k |
| Operating profit | £32.3k | £9.9k | −£551k |
| Profit before tax | £29.3k | £5.3k | −£551k |
| Profit after tax | £29.7k | £3.9k | −£543k |
| Profit (best available) | £29.7k | £3.9k | −£543k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 14 | 14 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | 0.1% | −9.2% |
| Gross margin | 23.4% | 19.5% | 13.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £455k | £442k | £421k |
| Profit per employee | £2k | £282 | −£38.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.4% | ▼4.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼86.7% | ▼13873% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £421k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£38.8k
- 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
- 0%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Menu Partners Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Premier Foods Wholesale Limited50–75%
- European Speciality Foods Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Bruce White LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Premier Fruits Transport Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Primeur London LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 28 Mar 2025 (profit −£543k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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