Parrys Supermarkets Limited
Registered name: PARRYS SUPERMARKETS LIMITED
Part of Amacor Capital Limited groupParrys Supermarkets Limited made £22.7m revenue and a £10.9k loss in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Parrys Supermarkets Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £22.7m in the year to 31 May 2025, with a loss of £10.9k and 256 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating” and is based in Bury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bury, North West
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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. From the filing: “The company's immediate parent company is Amacor Capital Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.1m | £21.9m | £25.7m | £22.7m |
| Cost of sales | £17.6m | £17.2m | £20.2m | £17.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £4.7m | £5.5m | £5.3m |
| Operating profit | £259k | £479k | −£9.6k | £95.4k |
| Profit before tax | £157k | £306k | −£214k | −£10.9k |
| Profit after tax | £163k | £240k | −£174k | −£10.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £163k | £240k | −£174k | −£10.9k |
| Staff costs | £3m | £2.8m | £3.6m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 209 | 219 | 272 | 256 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | 1.1% | −0.7% | −0.1% |
| Gross margin | 20.3% | 21.4% | 21.4% | 23.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £106k | £99.9k | £94.5k | £88.7k |
| Profit per employee | £778 | £1.1k | −£641 | −£43 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.8% | ▲17.4% | ▼11.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲47.4% | ▼172.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.8% | ▲24.2% | ▼5.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £583k | £538k | £104k | £127k |
| Net assets | £608k | £848k | £674k | £663k |
| Fixed assets | £3.7m | £3.8m | £3.5m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Debtors | £3.2k | £885 | £2.8k | £0 |
| Deferred income | £428k | £538k | £323k | £275k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £88.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£43
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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 £663k
- Cash at bank
- ▲23%
- Now £127k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 256
- Deferred income
- ▼15%
- Now £275k
- Fixed assets
- ▼23%
- Now £2.7m
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
- Amacor Capital Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Parrys Supermarkets Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Amacor (Llangollen) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Keith's Supermarket LimitedFigures 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 31 May 2025 (profit −£10.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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