Factory Services UK Limited
Registered name: FACTORY SERVICES UK LIMITED
Part of Sugarich Limited groupFactory Services UK Limited made £76.2m revenue and £3.5m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Factory Services UK Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £76.2m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £3.5m profit and 172 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of prepared feeds for farm animals” and is based in Camberley; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Camberley, South East
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £102m | £80.8m | £76.2m |
| Cost of sales | £92.4m | £70.3m | £65.7m |
| Gross profit | £9.8m | £10.5m | £10.5m |
| Operating profit | £3.3m | £4.7m | £4.6m |
| Profit before tax | £3.3m | £4.8m | £4.6m |
| Profit after tax | £2.7m | £3.6m | £3.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.7m | £3.6m | £3.5m |
| Staff costs | £9.8m | £9.1m | £9.2m |
| Employees (average) | 171 | 174 | 172 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 4.5% | 4.5% |
| Gross margin | 9.6% | 13% | 13.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £598k | £464k | £443k |
| Profit per employee | £15.6k | £20.7k | £20.1k |
| Cash conversion | 4.9% | −158.4% | −168.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼20.9% | ▼5.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲35.4% | ▼4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.8% | ▼1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £5.2m | £385k | £3.2m |
| Net assets | £14.5m | £18.1m | £20.2m |
| Fixed assets | £8.7m | £10.1m | £12.3m |
| Current assets | £32.5m | £28.4m | £26.8m |
| Debtors | £19.3m | £15.1m | £12.1m |
| Deferred income | £12.2m | £8.1m | £6.7m |
| Cash from operations | £161k | −£7.5m | −£7.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £443k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −168.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.9%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £20.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲740%
- Now £3.2m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 172
- Deferred income
- ▼18%
- Now £6.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▲22%
- Now £12.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sugarich Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Factory Services UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Zro Group LimitedRev. £3.8m · Profit −£3.2k
- McGuinness Feeds LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sugarecycle LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sugarich Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sweetdreams Confectionery LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £3.5m), 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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