Marston Foods Limited
Registered name: MARSTON FOODS LIMITED
Part of S C (Holdings) Limited groupMarston Foods Limited made £10.6m revenue and £166k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Marston Foods Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £10.6m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £166k profit and 68 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Frome; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Frome, South West
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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: “S C (Holdings) Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.6m | £7.6m | £8.9m | £10.6m |
| Cost of sales | £6.9m | £6.4m | £7.2m | £8.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £1.2m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £369k | −£83.5k | £201k | £275k |
| Profit after tax | £390k | £83.8k | £219k | £166k |
| Profit (best available) | £390k | £83.8k | £219k | £166k |
| Employees (average) | 89 | 62 | 59 | 68 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 1.1% | 2.5% | 1.6% |
| Gross margin | 19.4% | 15.2% | 19.1% | 17.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £96.4k | £123k | £151k | £156k |
| Profit per employee | £4.4k | £1.4k | £3.7k | £2.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.4% | ▲17.3% | ▲18.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼78.5% | ▲161.8% | ▼24.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼30.3% | ▼4.8% | ▲15.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £91.9k | £72.2k | £302k | £250k |
| Net assets | £967k | £1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Fixed assets | £987k | £967k | £918k | £1m |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £2.9m | £2.8m | £3.3m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1m | £1.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £156k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.9%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼17%
- Now £250k
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 68
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- S C (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Marston Foods Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £166k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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