The Fruit Connection Limited
Registered name: THE FRUIT CONNECTION LIMITED
The Fruit Connection Limited made £4.5m revenue and £638k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
The Fruit Connection Limited’s revenue grew 24% to £4.5m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £638k profit and 13 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active - Proposal to Strike off
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.6m | £2.4m | £3.6m | £4.5m |
| Cost of sales | £997k | £1.6m | £2.3m | £2.9m |
| Gross profit | £638k | £814k | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £312k | £464k | £743k | £851k |
| Profit before tax | £312k | £464k | £743k | £851k |
| Profit after tax | £253k | £389k | £581k | £638k |
| Profit (best available) | £253k | £389k | £581k | £638k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 15.4% | 16.1% | 16% | 14.2% |
| Gross margin | 39% | 33.7% | 36.5% | 35% |
| Revenue per employee | £182k | £201k | £280k | £346k |
| Profit per employee | £28.1k | £32.4k | £44.7k | £49.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲47.8% | ▲50.7% | ▲23.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲53.9% | ▲49.5% | ▲9.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | ▲8.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £272k | £359k | £249k | £332k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.8m | £2.4m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £633k | £771k | £832k | £909k |
| Current assets | £968k | £1.2m | £2.1m | £2.8m |
| Debtors | £457k | £598k | £854k | £1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £346k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £49.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 30.3%
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲34%
- Now £332k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £909k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £638k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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