Fife Creamery Limited
Registered name: FIFE CREAMERY LIMITED
Part of Kite UK Topco Limited groupFife Creamery Limited made £1.5m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Fife Creamery Limited reported £1.5m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025, up 63% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 168 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of dairy products, eggs and edible oils and fats” and is based in Kirkcaldy; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kirkcaldy, Scotland
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1979
- 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.
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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.2m | £40.9m | £45.5m | — |
| Cost of sales | £26.8m | £35m | £39.8m | — |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £5.9m | £5.8m | — |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £2.3m | £1.5m | — |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £2.1m | £1.3m | — |
| Profit after tax | £970k | £1.6m | £935k | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £970k | £1.6m | £935k | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £3.9m | £4.9m | £6.2m | — |
| Employees (average) | 124 | 150 | 178 | 168 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.1% | 3.9% | 2.1% | — |
| Gross margin | 14.1% | 14.4% | 12.7% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £251k | £273k | £256k | — |
| Profit per employee | £7.8k | £10.6k | £5.3k | £9.1k |
| Cash conversion | −83.4% | −127.8% | −164% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲31.1% | ▲11.4% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲64.6% | ▼41.4% | ▲62.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21% | ▲18.7% | ▼5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £501k | £1.3m | £172k | £143k |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £4m | £2.5m | £2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £5.4m | £6m | £6.4m | £6m |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £6.3m | £5.5m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £3m | £3.2m | £3m |
| Deferred income | £887k | £665k | £706k | £508k |
| Cash from operations | −£1m | −£2.9m | −£2.5m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 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
- £9.1k
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼17%
- Now £143k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 168
- Deferred income
- ▼28%
- Now £508k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Kite UK Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Kite UK Midco Limited75–100%
- Kite UK Bidco Limited75–100%
- Kitwave Group Limited75–100%
- Kitwave Investments Limited75–100%
- Kitwave One Limited75–100%
- Kitwave Limited75–100%
- Creed Catering Supplies Limited75–100%
- Creed Foodservice Limited75–100%
- Fife Creamery Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Lothian Catering Butchers LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Charles Saunders Holdings LimitedRev. £25.2m · Profit −£293k
- First Choice Holdings LimitedRev. £25m · Profit £1.4m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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