Thanet Earth Peppers Limited
Registered name: THANET EARTH PEPPERS LIMITED
Part of Fresca Group Limited groupThanet Earth Peppers Limited made £4.5m revenue and £299k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Thanet Earth Peppers Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £4.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £299k profit and 7 employees. The company is classified under “growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers” and is based in Paddock Wood; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Paddock Wood, South East
- 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 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.6m | £4.3m | £4.5m |
| Cost of sales | £4.9m | £4.5m | £5.1m |
| Gross profit | −£3.4m | −£173k | −£565k |
| Operating profit | −£264k | £1m | £381k |
| Profit before tax | −£265k | £1m | £381k |
| Profit after tax | −£289k | £821k | £299k |
| Profit (best available) | −£289k | £821k | £299k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −18.3% | 19% | 6.6% |
| Gross margin | −213% | −4% | −12.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £395k | £618k | £643k |
| Profit per employee | −£72.1k | £117k | £42.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲173.6% | ▲4.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼63.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲75% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £239k | £287k | £276k |
| Net assets | −£691k | £130k | £429k |
| Fixed assets | £301k | £214k | £432k |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £2.7m | £1.5m |
| Debtors | £53.8k | £262k | £69k |
| Deferred income | £882k | £589k | £907k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −12.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £643k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £42.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 20.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- 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
- ▲229%
- Now £429k
- Cash at bank
- ▼4%
- Now £276k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- ▲54%
- Now £907k
- Fixed assets
- ▲102%
- Now £432k
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
- Fresca Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Thanet Earth Investments Limited75–100%
- Thanet Earth Peppers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Thanet Earth Holdings LimitedRev. £164m · Profit £2.3m
- Thanet Earth Peppers Investments LimitedRev. £900k · Profit £554k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £299k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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