Hilton Food Group PLC
Registered name: HILTON FOOD GROUP PLC
Hilton Food Group PLC made £4bn revenue and £41.6m profit in the year to 29 Dec 2024.
Hilton Food Group PLC’s revenue was £4bn in the year to 29 Dec 2024, with £41.6m profit and 6,995 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Cambridgeshire; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, East of England
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- Type
- Public 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 | 29 Dec 2023 | 29 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4bn | £4bn |
| Cost of sales | −£3.6bn | −£3.5bn |
| Gross profit | £430m | £457m |
| Operating profit | £86.1m | £98.8m |
| Profit before tax | £48.6m | £61m |
| Profit after tax | £38m | £41.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £38m | £41.6m |
| Employees (average) | 6,576 | 6,995 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 10.8% | 11.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £607k | £570k |
| Profit per employee | £5.8k | £5.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲9.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £570k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.9k
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now 6,995
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Hilton Foods LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 29 Dec 2024 (profit £41.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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