Refood UK Limited
Registered name: REFOOD UK LIMITED
Part of Saria Limited groupRefood UK Limited made £45.6m revenue and £903k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Refood UK Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £45.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £903k profit and 175 employees. The company is classified under “production of electricity” and is based in Doncaster; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £50.4m | £55.3m | £45m | £45.6m |
| Cost of sales | £12.8m | £13.7m | £14.1m | £13m |
| Gross profit | £37.7m | £41.7m | £31m | £32.6m |
| Operating profit | £13.1m | £14.1m | £1.4m | £965k |
| Profit before tax | £12.7m | £14.2m | £1.6m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £10.1m | £10.7m | £1.3m | £903k |
| Profit (best available) | £10.1m | £10.7m | £1.3m | £903k |
| Staff costs | £7.2m | £8.6m | £8.8m | £10m |
| Employees (average) | 159 | 162 | 164 | 175 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 20.1% | 19.4% | 2.9% | 2% |
| Gross margin | 74.7% | 75.3% | 68.8% | 71.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £317k | £342k | £275k | £260k |
| Profit per employee | £63.6k | £66.2k | £7.9k | £5.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.7% | ▼18.6% | ▲1.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲6.1% | ▼88% | ▼29.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▲1.2% | ▲6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £16.6k | £926 | £1.3k | £32.9k |
| Net assets | £16.1m | £26.8m | £25.6m | £26.5m |
| Fixed assets | £24.9m | £24.2m | £22m | £19.4m |
| Current assets | £13.4m | £16.4m | £12.2m | £12m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.7m | £2.6m | £2.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 71.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £260k
- 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
- 42.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £26.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲2355%
- Now £32.9k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 175
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £19.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Saria Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Refood UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- T. Quality LimitedRev. £130m · Profit −£56.8k
- Sarval LimitedRev. £62.9m · Profit −£2.6m
- Nortech Foods LimitedRev. £25.1m · Profit £1.1m
- Sarval (Hartshill) LimitedRev. £23m · Profit −£4.5m
- Secanim LimitedRev. £11.8m · Profit −£12.5m
- F D Statton & Son LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Oleo Environmental LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Oleo Recycling 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 Dec 2025 (profit £903k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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