The Fruit Co Ltd
Registered name: THE FRUIT CO LTD
The Fruit Co Ltd made £8.5m revenue and £143k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
The Fruit Co Ltd’s revenue was £8.5m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £143k profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Hatfield.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hatfield, East of England
- Age
- 2 yrs · since 2024
- 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 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.5m |
| Cost of sales | £8.1m |
| Gross profit | £451k |
| Operating profit | £190k |
| Profit before tax | £190k |
| Profit after tax | £143k |
| Profit (best available) | £143k |
| Employees (average) | 5 |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 5.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.7m |
| Profit per employee | £28.6k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Cash at bank | £348k |
| Net assets | £190k |
| Current assets | £1.2m |
| Debtors | £543k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.7m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £28.6k
- 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
- 6.4%
- 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 £190k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £348k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £143k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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