Ardo UK Limited
Registered name: ARDO UK LIMITED
Part of Ardo Foods Nv groupArdo UK Limited made £52.7m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Ardo UK Limited’s revenue fell 47% to £52.7m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.5m profit and 124 employees. The company is classified under “other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Kent; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kent, South East
- Age
- 56 yrs · since 1970
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £70.6m | £77.5m | £98.8m | £52.7m |
| Cost of sales | £63.1m | £70.8m | £92.3m | £47.9m |
| Gross profit | £7.5m | £6.8m | £6.5m | £4.7m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £2.2m | £1.9m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £1.6m | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 127 | 117 | 0 | 124 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 2.8% |
| Gross margin | 10.6% | 8.7% | 6.6% | 9% |
| Revenue per employee | £556k | £663k | — | £425k |
| Profit per employee | £15.3k | £10.9k | — | £11.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.8% | ▲27.4% | ▼46.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼34.5% | ▲9.9% | ▲3.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.9% | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £56.3k | £3.9m | £1.8k |
| Net assets | £16.1m | £17.4m | £18.8m | £20.3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £32.6m | £32.3m | £33.8m | £20.8m |
| Debtors | £8.7m | £10.7m | £12.7m | £2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £425k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £20.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £1.8k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 124
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £1.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ardo Foods Nv (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Ardo UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Ardovries UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Orchard Service 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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