Lunar Fishing Company Limited
Registered name: LUNAR FISHING COMPANY LIMITED
Lunar Fishing Company Limited made £120m revenue and £38.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Lunar Fishing Company Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £120m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £38.4m profit and 315 employees. The company is classified under “marine fishing” and is based in Peterhead; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterhead, Scotland
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1981
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £98.5m | £116m | £120m |
| Cost of sales | £63.7m | £72.6m | £74.4m |
| Gross profit | £34.8m | £43.4m | £45.2m |
| Operating profit | £26.8m | £34.6m | £35.2m |
| Profit before tax | £27.6m | £36.9m | £51.5m |
| Profit after tax | £18.8m | £27.6m | £38.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £18.8m | £27.6m | £38.4m |
| Employees (average) | 284 | 264 | 315 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 19.1% | 23.8% | 32.1% |
| Gross margin | 35.3% | 37.4% | 37.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £347k | £439k | £380k |
| Profit per employee | £66.2k | £105k | £122k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.8% | ▲3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲47.1% | ▲39% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7% | ▲19.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 32.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £380k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £122k
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now 315
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (6)
- Lunar Freezing & Cold Storage Company LimitedRev. £98.8m · Profit −£859k
- Lunar FPR LimitedRev. £13.6m · Profit −£48.4k
- Lunar Harvest Fishing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sea Foam LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Summer Isles Fishing Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ugie Salmon Fishing Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £38.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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