Peter Gilding Fruit Packers Limited
Registered name: PETER GILDING FRUIT PACKERS LIMITED
Part of Peter Gilding & Co. Limited groupPeter Gilding Fruit Packers Limited made £1.2m revenue and £113k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Peter Gilding Fruit Packers Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £1.2m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £113k profit and 23 employees. The company is classified under “packaging activities” and is based in Prescot; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Prescot, North West
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2018
- 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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £835k | £886k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £287k | £362k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £64.9k | £146k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £64.9k | £146k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £49k | £113k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £49k | £113k |
| Employees (average) | 113 | 75 | 27 | 23 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 4.4% | 9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 25.6% | 29% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £41.6k | £54.2k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £1.8k | £4.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲11.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲129.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼33.6% | ▼64% | ▼14.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £13k | £27.1k | £16k | — |
| Net assets | −£96.7k | −£32.1k | £16.9k | — |
| Current assets | £207k | £505k | £213k | — |
| Debtors | £194k | £478k | £197k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £54.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼15%
- Now 23
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Peter Gilding & Co. Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Peter Gilding Fruit Packers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Growers Worldwide Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £113k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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