Asko Foods Limited
Registered name: ASKO FOODS LIMITED
Asko Foods Limited made £37.3m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Asko Foods Limited’s revenue grew 29% to £37.3m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £2.4m profit and 45 employees. The company is classified under “production of meat and poultry meat products” and is based in Barking; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barking, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £29m | £37.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £24.9m | £32.2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.1m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2.2m | £3.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2.2m | £3.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.7m | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.7m | £2.4m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.1m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 22 | 35 | 45 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 5.7% | 6.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 14% | 13.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £828k | £829k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £47.2k | £52.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −29.3% | −80.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲28.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲42.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.2% | ▲59.1% | ▲28.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £3.6m |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £3.3m | £4.7m | £6.8m |
| Fixed assets | £243k | £725k | £734k | £763k |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £3.9m | £5.9m | £9.2m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.7m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £19.3k | £59.1k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£643k | −£2.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £829k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £52.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −80.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.6%
- 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
- ▲45%
- Now £6.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲87%
- Now £3.6m
- Headcount
- ▲29%
- Now 45
- Deferred income
- ▲206%
- Now £59.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £763k
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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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