Bees Foodservice Ltd
Registered name: BEES FOODSERVICE LTD
Part of Holdings4u Ltd groupBees Foodservice Ltd made £896k revenue and a £4.3k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Bees Foodservice Ltd’s revenue was £896k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £4.3k and 5 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Middlesex; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Middlesex, London
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- 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. From the filing: “Holdings4U Ltd”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £148k | £896k |
| Cost of sales | £124k | £764k |
| Gross profit | £23.5k | £132k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.4k | £151 |
| Profit after tax | −£1.4k | −£4.3k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.4k | −£4.3k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −1% | −0.5% |
| Gross margin | 15.9% | 14.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £29.6k | £179k |
| Profit per employee | −£288 | −£866 |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £130k | £44.6k |
| Net assets | −£1.3k | −£5.7k |
| Fixed assets | £20.5k | £17.9k |
| Current assets | £411k | £331k |
| Debtors | £259k | £268k |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £179k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£866
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 29.9%
- 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 −£5.7k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £44.6k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £17.9k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Holdings4u Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Bees Foodservice Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Fresh4u Produce LtdRev. £23m · Profit £458k
- Premier Exotics LimitedRev. £4.9m · Profit £130k
- Ernest Hammond (Spitalfields) LtdRev. £1.8m · Profit −£141k
- Liban Fresh LtdRev. £1.7m · Profit £39.3k
- Fresh4u LtdRev. £48.4k · Profit £33.6k
- Retail4u LtdRev. £0 · Profit −£7k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£4.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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