Corefresh Limited
Registered name: COREFRESH LIMITED
Corefresh Limited made £17.6m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Corefresh Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £17.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.4m profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Canvey Island; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Canvey Island, East of England
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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&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) | £17.1m | £19.9m | £18.2m | £17.6m |
| Cost of sales | £15.5m | £17.3m | £15.3m | £14.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £2.6m | £3m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | £294k | £1.1m | £1.5m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £155k | £871k | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £114k | £633k | £884k | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £114k | £633k | £884k | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 34 | 33 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | 3.2% | 4.9% | 7.7% |
| Gross margin | 9.4% | 13.1% | 16.3% | 19.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £427k | £585k | £552k | £534k |
| Profit per employee | £2.8k | £18.6k | £26.8k | £40.9k |
| Cash conversion | −201.1% | −100.3% | −112.9% | −137.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.4% | ▼8.3% | ▼3.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲456.2% | ▲39.6% | ▲52.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼15% | ▼2.9% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £424k | £433k | £948k | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £2m | £803k | £1.7m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £4.4m | £4.4m | £4.3m | £4.1m |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £3.3m | £3.5m | £4m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £2.2m | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £170k | £254k | £416k | £357k |
| Cash from operations | −£591k | −£1.1m | −£1.7m | −£2.8m |
| 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
- 7.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £534k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £40.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −137.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 23.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- 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
- ▲80%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲80%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- ▼14%
- Now £357k
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £4.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Corefruit LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Coreveg LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Somerfield Stores 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 £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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