Finsbury Food Group Limited
Registered name: FINSBURY FOOD GROUP LIMITED
Part of UK Frisbee Debtco Limited groupFinsbury Food Group Limited made £445m revenue and £20.6m profit in the year to 28 Jun 2025.
Finsbury Food Group Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £445m in the year to 28 Jun 2025, with £20.6m profit and 3,278 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 101 yrs · since 1925
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 29 Jun 2023 | 28 Jun 2024 | 29 Jun 2024 | 28 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £414m | £452m | £452m | £445m |
| Cost of sales | −£289m | −£310m | −£310m | −£302m |
| Gross profit | £124m | £142m | £142m | £143m |
| Operating profit | £17.5m | £22.6m | £22.6m | £27.6m |
| Profit before tax | £16.2m | £19.8m | £19.8m | £24.1m |
| Profit after tax | £11.4m | £15.3m | £15.3m | £20.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £11.4m | £15.3m | £15.3m | £20.6m |
| Employees (average) | 3,518 | 3,423 | 3,423 | 3,278 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | 30% | 31.4% | 31.4% | 32.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £118k | £132k | £132k | £136k |
| Profit per employee | £3.2k | £4.5k | £4.5k | £6.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.3% | — | ▼1.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲34% | — | ▲35% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.7% | — | ▼4.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £136k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.3k
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now 3,278
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- UK Frisbee Debtco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Finsbury Food Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (12)
- Anthony Alan Foods LtdLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- California Cake Company (Holdings) LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Campbells Cake Company (Holdings) LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Fennel Acquisition LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Finsbury General Partner LtdLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Flower & White LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lees Foods LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lightbody Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lola's Cupcakes (Holdings) LimitedRev. — · Profit −£110k
- Memory Lane Cakes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Storesurvey LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Ultrapharm LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 28 Jun 2025 (profit £20.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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