Len Wright Salads Ltd
Registered name: LEN WRIGHT SALADS LTD
Part of Len Wright Salads Group Limited groupLen Wright Salads Ltd made £53.1m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Len Wright Salads Ltd’s revenue was £53.1m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.2m profit and 236 employees. The company is classified under “post-harvest crop activities” and is based in Preston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £46.1m | £48.6m | £52.9m | £53.1m |
| Cost of sales | £37.9m | £39.9m | £42.7m | £42.9m |
| Gross profit | £8.3m | £8.6m | £10.2m | £10.2m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £1.9m | £1.5m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.1m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1m | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £6m | £6.7m | £7.5m | £8.2m |
| Employees (average) | 221 | 206 | 217 | 236 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 2.4% | 2% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 17.9% | 17.8% | 19.2% | 19.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £209k | £236k | £244k | £225k |
| Profit per employee | £5.4k | £5.6k | £4.8k | £5.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.4% | ▲8.8% | ▲0.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼3.4% | ▼10.4% | ▲16.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.8% | ▲5.3% | ▲8.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £1.4m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £5.9m | £5.8m | £6.9m | £7.8m |
| Fixed assets | £12.8m | £13m | £10.4m | £8.6m |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £7.5m | £9.7m | £12.6m |
| Debtors | £3.8m | £3.7m | £4m | £5.4m |
| Deferred income | £946k | £1.6m | £2.3m | £2.9m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £225k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- 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
- 5.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £7.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲3%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 236
- Deferred income
- ▲29%
- Now £2.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £8.6m
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
- Len Wright Salads Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Len Wright Salads Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- T Wilson & Sons (Transport) 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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