Foodstore Ltd
Registered name: FOODSTORE LTD
Foodstore Ltd made £10.9m revenue and a £259k loss in the year to 28 Feb 2025. read from filing text
Foodstore Ltd’s revenue fell 13% to £10.9m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with a loss of £259k and 49 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.7m | £13.2m | £12.6m | £10.9m |
| Cost of sales | £10m | £11.2m | £10.2m | £9.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £2m | £2.4m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | −£200k | £299k | −£196k | −£149k |
| Profit before tax | −£105k | £197k | −£360k | −£293k |
| Profit after tax | −£103k | £139k | −£289k | −£259k |
| Profit (best available) | −£103k | £139k | −£289k | −£259k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.1m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 73 | 71 | 64 | 49 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.9% | 1.1% | −2.3% | −2.4% |
| Gross margin | 14.3% | 15.3% | 19.1% | 15.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £160k | £185k | £197k | £223k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.4k | £2k | −£4.5k | −£5.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | 175.1% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.4% | ▼4.5% | ▼13.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼307.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.7% | ▼9.9% | ▼23.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £96.4k | £169k | £29.4k | £4 |
| Net assets | £509k | £648k | £359k | £100k |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £2.2m | £2.6m | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | — | £48.9k | £101k | £45.7k |
| Cash from operations | £590k | £523k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £223k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.8%
- 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
- ▼72%
- Now £100k
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £4
- Headcount
- ▼23%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- ▼55%
- Now £45.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £1.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit −£259k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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