Golden Fry Foods Limited
Registered name: GOLDEN FRY FOODS LIMITED
Golden Fry Foods Limited made £58m revenue and £5.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Golden Fry Foods Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £58m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £5.3m profit and 134 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of condiments and seasonings” and is based in Wetherby; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wetherby, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 65 yrs · since 1961
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.2m | £53.3m | £58m |
| Cost of sales | £30.2m | £43.2m | £45.6m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £10.1m | £12.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £5.9m | £7m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £6m | £7.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £4.6m | £5.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £4.6m | £5.3m |
| Staff costs | £4.6m | £5m | £8.3m |
| Employees (average) | 120 | 131 | 134 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.2% | 8.7% | 9.1% |
| Gross margin | 14.1% | 19% | 21.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £293k | £407k | £433k |
| Profit per employee | £9.5k | £35.3k | £39.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲51.6% | ▲8.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲307.3% | ▲13.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.2% | ▲2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £7.5m | £11.5m | £13.3m |
| Net assets | £9.1m | £10.5m | £5.8m |
| Fixed assets | £4.4m | £4.8m | £5.2m |
| Current assets | £16.7m | £23.5m | £26.6m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £5.3m | £5.3m |
| Deferred income | £2.4m | £2.1m | £4.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £433k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £39.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.2%
- 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
- ▼45%
- Now £5.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲15%
- Now £13.3m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 134
- Deferred income
- ▲107%
- Now £4.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £5.2m
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 31 Dec 2024 (profit £5.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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