Fresh4u Produce Ltd
Registered name: FRESH4U PRODUCE LTD
Part of Holdings4u Ltd groupFresh4u Produce Ltd made £23m revenue and £458k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Fresh4u Produce Ltd’s revenue grew 5% to £23m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £458k profit and 38 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Southall; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southall, London
- Age
- 17 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: “Holdings4U Ltd”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £21.9m | £23m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £18.7m | £20.2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.2m | £2.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £846k | £715k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £602k | £458k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £602k | £458k |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 29 | 40 | 38 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 2.8% | 2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 14.4% | 12.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £547k | £606k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £15.1k | £12k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲5.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼24% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.5% | ▲37.9% | ▼5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.8m | £2.2m | £239k |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £3m | £3.4m | £1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £803k | £850k | £1.1m | £991k |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £4.5m | £4.7m | £3.7m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £2.2m | £2m | £2.6m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £606k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.3%
- 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
- ▼45%
- Now £1.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼89%
- Now £239k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 38
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £991k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Holdings4u Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Fresh4u Produce Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Root 7 Produce LimitedRev. £2.7m · Profit £76k
Sister companies (6)
- Premier Exotics LimitedRev. £4.9m · Profit £130k
- Ernest Hammond (Spitalfields) LtdRev. £1.8m · Profit −£141k
- Liban Fresh LtdRev. £1.7m · Profit £39.3k
- Bees Foodservice LtdRev. £896k · Profit −£4.3k
- Fresh4u LtdRev. £48.4k · Profit £33.6k
- Retail4u LtdRev. £0 · Profit −£7k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £458k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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