Lunar Freezing & Cold Storage Company Limited
Registered name: LUNAR FREEZING & COLD STORAGE COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Lunar Fishing Company Limited groupLunar Freezing & Cold Storage Company Limited made £98.8m revenue and a £859k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Lunar Freezing & Cold Storage Company Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £98.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £859k and 289 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Peterhead; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterhead, Scotland
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £78.2m | £82.5m | £92.7m | £98.8m |
| Cost of sales | £72.6m | £78.3m | £87.5m | £95.6m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £4.2m | £5.2m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | −£174k | £512k | −£1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | −£170k | £519k | −£1m |
| Profit after tax | £980k | −£238k | £313k | −£859k |
| Profit (best available) | £980k | −£238k | £313k | −£859k |
| Staff costs | £12.5m | £14.9m | £15.4m | £17.2m |
| Employees (average) | 251 | 253 | 239 | 289 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | −0.3% | 0.3% | −0.9% |
| Gross margin | 7.2% | 5.1% | 5.6% | 3.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £311k | £326k | £388k | £342k |
| Profit per employee | £3.9k | −£939 | £1.3k | −£3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.6% | ▲12.4% | ▲6.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼124.2% | — | ▼374.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.8% | ▼5.5% | ▲20.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.9m | £2.9m | £5.2m | £3.3m |
| Net assets | £9.9m | £9.6m | £9.9m | £9.1m |
| Fixed assets | £19.7m | £21.2m | £21m | £25.5m |
| Current assets | £66.3m | £66.2m | £75.3m | £78.1m |
| Debtors | £11.8m | £11.3m | £16.3m | £14.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £342k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 25.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.3%
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £9.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼37%
- Now £3.3m
- Headcount
- ▲21%
- Now 289
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲22%
- Now £25.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lunar Fishing Company Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Lunar Freezing & Cold Storage Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- 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 FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£859k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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