Fresca Group Limited
Registered name: FRESCA GROUP LIMITED
Fresca Group Limited made £526m revenue and £3m profit in the year to 25 Apr 2025.
Fresca Group Limited’s revenue grew 23% to £526m in the year to 25 Apr 2025, with £3m profit and 1,170 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Paddock Wood; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Paddock Wood, South East
- Age
- 21 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 26 Apr 2023 | 25 Apr 2024 | 26 Apr 2024 | 25 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £341m | £428m | £428m | £526m |
| Cost of sales | −£325m | −£408m | −£408m | −£492m |
| Gross profit | £16.7m | £20.3m | £20.3m | £34.1m |
| Operating profit | £6.8m | £2.6m | £2.6m | £5.4m |
| Profit before tax | £6.8m | £2.6m | £2.6m | £5.4m |
| Profit after tax | £5.5m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £3m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.5m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 930 | 1,005 | 1,005 | 1,170 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 4.9% | 4.7% | 4.7% | 6.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £367k | £426k | £426k | £450k |
| Profit per employee | £5.9k | £1.3k | £1.3k | £2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.4% | — | ▲22.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼75.3% | — | ▲122.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.1% | — | ▲16.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £450k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.6k
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now 1,170
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (9)
- Banafrut UK LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Fresca Development LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fresca Development Property LimitedFigures not disclosed
- M.& W.mack LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Primafruit LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Thanet Earth Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Avocado Company LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- The Fresca Esop LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Fresh Produce Centre LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- The Fresca Esop Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 25 Apr 2025 (profit £3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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