Riva Foods Limited
Registered name: RIVA FOODS LIMITED
Part of Project Kent Topco Limited groupRiva Foods Limited made £12.7m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Riva Foods Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £12.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.2m profit. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Kingston Upon Hull; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.4m | £11.3m | £12.7m |
| Cost of sales | £7.6m | £7.4m | −£8.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £3.9m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | £779k | £1.5m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £651k | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £469k | £1m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £469k | £1m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 65 | 62 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 9.1% | 9.7% |
| Gross margin | 27% | 34.6% | 35.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £161k | £183k | — |
| Profit per employee | £7.2k | £16.6k | — |
| Cash conversion | −56.4% | −110.9% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.5% | ▲11.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲119.5% | ▲19.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.6% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £63.6k | £24k | — |
| Net assets | £823k | £1.6m | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.4m | — |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £2.6m | — |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.6m | — |
| Cash from operations | −£439k | −£1.6m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Project Kent Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Project Kent Bidco Limited75–100%
- Riva Foods Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Mother Riley's Bakery LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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