Fresh & Local Forecourts Limited
Registered name: FRESH & LOCAL FORECOURTS LIMITED
Fresh & Local Forecourts Limited made £36m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Fresh & Local Forecourts Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £36m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.5m profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores” and is based in Sutton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sutton, London
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £42m | £36m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £37.7m | £31.9m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.3m | £4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2.1m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2.1m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £65.9k | £120k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3.8% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 10.2% | 11.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £8.4m | £7.2m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £320k | £295k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −94.9% | 67.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼14.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼7.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲400% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £515k | £1.3m | £2.4m | £163k |
| Net assets | £988k | £2.5m | £3.9m | £5.2m |
| Fixed assets | £708k | £728k | £652k | £604k |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £4.2m | £6.6m | £6.8m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £523k | £630k | £376k |
| Deferred income | £68.5k | £29.1k | £30.6k | — |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£2m | £1.4m |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £7.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £295k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 67.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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
- ▲32%
- Now £5.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼93%
- Now £163k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £604k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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