Joe's Gourmet Foods Limited
Registered name: JOE'S GOURMET FOODS LIMITED
Joe's Gourmet Foods Limited made £7.7m revenue and a £463k loss in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Joe's Gourmet Foods Limited’s revenue was £7.7m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with a loss of £463k and 52 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Woodford Green; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Woodford Green, London
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.7m | £7.7m |
| Cost of sales | £4.5m | £4m |
| Gross profit | £4.2m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | −£711k | −£198k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.1m | −£570k |
| Profit after tax | −£978k | −£463k |
| Profit (best available) | −£978k | −£463k |
| Staff costs | £4.1m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 55 | 52 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −11.2% | −6% |
| Gross margin | 48% | 48.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £159k | £148k |
| Profit per employee | −£17.8k | −£8.9k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £271k | £149k |
| Net assets | −£192k | −£655k |
| Fixed assets | £2.5m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £3m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £846k | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Cash from operations | £1.6m | £635k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £148k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 30%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 17.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.5%
- 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
- —
- Now −£655k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £149k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £1.4m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £2.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit −£463k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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