Produce UK (Manchester) Limited
Registered name: PRODUCE UK (MANCHESTER) LIMITED
Produce UK (Manchester) Limited made £504k revenue and a £25k loss in the year to 31 May 2024.
Produce UK (Manchester) Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £504k in the year to 31 May 2024, with a loss of £25k and 3 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Bolton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Bolton, North West
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £623k | £493k | £504k |
| Cost of sales | £546k | £436k | £422k |
| Gross profit | £86.2k | £57.1k | £82.2k |
| Operating profit | −£11.5k | −£45.5k | −£25k |
| Profit before tax | −£11.5k | −£45.5k | −£25k |
| Profit after tax | −£11.5k | −£45.5k | −£25k |
| Profit (best available) | −£11.5k | −£45.5k | −£25k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1.8% | −9.2% | −5% |
| Gross margin | 13.8% | 11.6% | 16.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £156k | £123k | £168k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.9k | −£11.4k | −£8.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼20.8% | ▲2.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £26k | £311 | £1 |
| Net assets | −£20.8k | −£66.3k | −£97.8k |
| Fixed assets | £26.3k | £19.7k | £14.8k |
| Current assets | £121k | £47.7k | £34.4k |
| Debtors | £90.2k | £41k | £28.7k |
| Deferred income | £0 | £13.3k | £15.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £168k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- 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 −£97.8k
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £1
- Headcount
- ▼25%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- ▲14%
- Now £15.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £14.8k
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 May 2024 (profit −£25k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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