Farmfoods Limited
Registered name: FARMFOODS LIMITED
Farmfoods Limited made £1.2bn revenue and £8.6m profit in the year to 3 Jan 2026.
Farmfoods Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £1.2bn in the year to 3 Jan 2026, with £8.6m profit and 5,091 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating” and is based in Cumbernauld; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cumbernauld, Scotland
- Age
- 72 yrs · since 1954
- 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 | 28 Dec 2023 | 28 Dec 2024 | 3 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1bn | £1bn | £1.2bn |
| Cost of sales | −£985m | −£1bn | −£1.2bn |
| Gross profit | £33.1m | £18.6m | £21.5m |
| Operating profit | £23.9m | £9.9m | £11.4m |
| Profit before tax | £23m | £30.5m | £12m |
| Profit after tax | £16.4m | £23.1m | £8.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £16.4m | £23.1m | £8.6m |
| Employees (average) | 4,971 | 5,209 | 5,091 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | 2.2% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 3.3% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £205k | £201k | £243k |
| Profit per employee | £3.3k | £4.4k | £1.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▲18.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲40.9% | ▼62.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.8% | ▼2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 1.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £243k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.7k
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now 5,091
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Contact Sourcing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Farmfoods Distribution LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Farmfoods Freezer Centres LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Farmfoods Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 3 Jan 2026 (profit £8.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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