Tru Foods Ltd
Registered name: TRU FOODS LTD
Part of Kings Owen (Derbyshire) Ltd groupTru Foods Ltd made a £179k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Tru Foods Ltd reported a loss of £179k in the year to 31 Dec 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 2 employees. The company is classified under “other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Sleaford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sleaford, East Midlands
- Age
- 2 yrs · since 2024
- 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: “The company's immediate parent is Wilson & Bradford Limited. Re”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit after tax | −£67.6k | −£179k |
| Profit (best available) | −£67.6k | −£179k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | −£89.3k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £999 | £7.5k |
| Net assets | −£67.6k | −£246k |
| Current assets | £13.6k | £106k |
| Debtors | £0 | £3.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£89.3k
- 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 −£246k
- Cash at bank
- ▲648%
- Now £7.5k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Kings Owen (Derbyshire) Ltdultimate parent50–75%
- Wilson & Bradford Ltd75–100%
- Tru Foods Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- J.L. Priestley & Co. LimitedRev. £15.1m · Profit £855k
- JLP Food Group LtdFigures not disclosed
- Truology LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£179k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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