First Choice Holdings Limited
Registered name: FIRST CHOICE HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Kite UK Topco Limited groupFirst Choice Holdings Limited made £25m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2026.
First Choice Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £25m in the year to 30 Jun 2026, with £1.4m profit and 137 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in North Shields; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- North Shields, East Midlands
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 | 30 Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.5m | £23.6m | £25m |
| Cost of sales | −£14.6m | −£15.9m | −£16.3m |
| Gross profit | £6.9m | £7.6m | £8.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 111 | 122 | 137 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.5% | 5.2% | 5.5% |
| Gross margin | 32.2% | 32.4% | 35% |
| Revenue per employee | £194k | £193k | £183k |
| Profit per employee | £10.7k | £10k | £10.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.7% | ▲6.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▲13.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.9% | ▲12.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £183k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.1k
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now 137
- 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%
- Creed Catering Supplies Limited75–100%
- Creed Foodservice Limited75–100%
- First Choice Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- First Choice Foodservice LtdFigures not disclosed
- First Choice Wholesale Foods LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Charles Saunders Holdings LimitedRev. £25.2m · Profit −£293k
- Fife Creamery LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.5m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2026 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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