Fountain Frozen Limited
Registered name: FOUNTAIN FROZEN LIMITED
Fountain Frozen Limited made £18.9m revenue and £105k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2024.
Fountain Frozen Limited’s revenue grew 29% to £18.9m in the year to 30 Nov 2024, with £105k profit and 74 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs” and is based in Cambs; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cambs, East of England
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2007
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.7m | £14.6m | £18.9m |
| Cost of sales | £12.5m | £12.1m | £15m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £2.5m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £193k | −£417k | £141k |
| Profit before tax | £193k | −£417k | £141k |
| Profit after tax | £165k | −£323k | £105k |
| Profit (best available) | £165k | −£323k | £105k |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 77 | 73 | 74 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | −2.2% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 20.3% | 17% | 20.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £204k | £200k | £255k |
| Profit per employee | £2.1k | −£4.4k | £1.4k |
| Cash conversion | −358.7% | — | −1018% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.8% | ▲28.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼295.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.2% | ▲1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £945k | £2m |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £5m | £5.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £6m | £5.8m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £2.6m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | £150k | £198k | £191k |
| Cash from operations | −£692k | £605k | −£1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £255k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −1018%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £5.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲110%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 74
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £191k
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £1.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2024 (profit £105k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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