Aib Foods Limited
Registered name: AIB FOODS LIMITED
Aib Foods Limited made £57.5m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Aib Foods Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £57.5m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.3m profit and 147 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Wolverhampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wolverhampton, West Midlands
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.4m | £35.7m | £49.4m | £57.5m |
| Cost of sales | £22.1m | £30.7m | £41m | £47.5m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £5m | £8.4m | £10.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.5m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £589k | £914k | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £835k | £404k | £589k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £835k | £404k | £589k | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £3.1m | £4.2m | £5.3m |
| Employees (average) | 103 | 103 | 129 | 147 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2.2% |
| Gross margin | 16.3% | 14% | 16.9% | 17.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £257k | £347k | £383k | £391k |
| Profit per employee | £8.1k | £3.9k | £4.6k | £8.7k |
| Cash conversion | 109.1% | −93.5% | 9.3% | 60.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲35.1% | ▲38.2% | ▲16.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼51.6% | ▲45.7% | ▲117% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲25.2% | ▲14% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £265k | £499k | £449k | £221k |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £4m | £4.6m | £5.9m |
| Fixed assets | £3.3m | £3.2m | £3.5m | £4.4m |
| Current assets | £16.5m | £19.8m | £25.7m | £33.4m |
| Debtors | £4.3m | £6.5m | £8.3m | £10.1m |
| Deferred income | £276k | £388k | £566k | £851k |
| Cash from operations | £1.3m | −£1.1m | £143k | £1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £391k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 60.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.5%
- 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
- ▲28%
- Now £5.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼51%
- Now £221k
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 147
- Deferred income
- ▲50%
- Now £851k
- Fixed assets
- ▲25%
- Now £4.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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