Village Quality Products Limited
Registered name: VILLAGE QUALITY PRODUCTS LIMITED
Part of Zesah Holding Limited groupVillage Quality Products Limited made £30m revenue and £2.7m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Village Quality Products Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £30m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.7m profit and 76 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetable juices, mineral water and soft drinks” and is based in Loughton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Loughton, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.4m | £30.4m | £27.6m | £30m |
| Cost of sales | £23.6m | £24m | £20.3m | £23.2m |
| Gross profit | £5.8m | £6.3m | £7.3m | £6.8m |
| Operating profit | £866k | £1.3m | £1.2m | £3m |
| Profit before tax | £865k | £1.3m | £1.1m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £742k | £1.1m | £892k | £2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £742k | £1.1m | £892k | £2.7m |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £2.2m | £3.3m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 69 | 87 | 79 | 76 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 3.6% | 3.2% | 8.9% |
| Gross margin | 19.7% | 20.9% | 26.4% | 22.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £426k | £349k | £349k | £395k |
| Profit per employee | £10.8k | £12.5k | £11.3k | £35.2k |
| Cash conversion | −256.4% | −169.8% | −39.2% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.3% | ▼9.3% | ▲8.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲46.9% | ▼18.1% | ▲199.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲26.1% | ▼9.2% | ▼3.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £3.6m | £3.7m | £4.6m |
| Net assets | £4.6m | £5.7m | £6.6m | £9.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £791k | £766k | £563k |
| Current assets | £12.5m | £13.2m | £15.3m | £14.4m |
| Debtors | £4.4m | £4.2m | £5.9m | £3.7m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.2m | −£2.3m | −£459k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £395k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £35.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.4%
- 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
- ▲41%
- Now £9.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲23%
- Now £4.6m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 76
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼27%
- Now £563k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Zesah Holding Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Village Quality Products Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- Mirpa LimitedRev. £32.5m · Profit −£3.2m
- Ava Produce LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Debden Design & Construction LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lotus Produce LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Malbat LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Noble Premium LimitedFigures not disclosed
- R S Properties London LimitedRev. — · Profit £8.3m
- Village Watermelons 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 Mar 2025 (profit £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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