Thanet Earth Holdings Limited
Registered name: THANET EARTH HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Fresca Group Limited groupThanet Earth Holdings Limited made £164m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 25 Apr 2025.
Thanet Earth Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £164m in the year to 25 Apr 2025, with £2.3m profit and 258 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Birchington; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birchington, South East
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 | 25 Apr 2024 | 26 Apr 2024 | 25 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £149m | £149m | £164m |
| Cost of sales | −£136m | −£136m | −£151m |
| Gross profit | £12.8m | £12.8m | £13.4m |
| Operating profit | £4.1m | £4.1m | £3m |
| Profit before tax | £4.5m | £4.5m | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | £3.3m | £3.3m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.3m | £3.3m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 242 | 242 | 258 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 2.2% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 8.6% | 8.6% | 8.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £614k | £614k | £637k |
| Profit per employee | £13.6k | £13.6k | £9.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲10.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼28.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲6.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £637k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.1k
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now 258
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Fresca Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Thanet Earth Investments Limited50–75%
- Thanet Earth Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Thanet Earth Construction LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Thanet Earth Estates LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Thanet Earth LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Thanet Earth Peppers LimitedRev. £4.5m · Profit £299k
- Thanet Earth Peppers Investments LimitedRev. £900k · Profit £554k
Minority corporate shareholders
- A&a UK Holding Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 25 Apr 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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