Country Valley Foods Ltd
Registered name: COUNTRY VALLEY FOODS LTD
Country Valley Foods Ltd made £31.1m revenue and £995k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Country Valley Foods Ltd’s revenue grew 2% to £31.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £995k profit and 115 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in Stockton-on-Tees; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stockton-on-Tees, North East
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1971
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.2m | £25.9m | £28.9m | £30.6m | £31.1m |
| Cost of sales | £16.9m | £20.1m | £22.9m | £24.8m | £25.6m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £5.8m | £6m | £5.8m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £2.3m | £2m | £1.6m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £2.3m | £2m | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £986k | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.2m | £995k |
| Profit (best available) | £986k | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.2m | £995k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.9m | £3.1m | £3.5m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 86 | 96 | 98 | 101 | 115 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 4.7% | 6.9% | 5.2% | 4.1% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 20.3% | 22.6% | 20.7% | 18.8% | 17.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £246k | £270k | £295k | £303k | £271k |
| Profit per employee | £11.5k | £18.6k | £15.3k | £12.3k | £8.6k |
| Cash conversion | −100.9% | −69.3% | −139% | −81.3% | −161.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.4% | ▲11.4% | ▲5.9% | ▲1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲81.1% | ▼16.1% | ▼17% | ▼20% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.6% | ▲2.1% | ▲3.1% | ▲13.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £2.1m | £3m | £3.2m | £3.7m |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £4.8m | £6m | £6.9m | £7.6m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £2.5m | £2.4m | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £6.4m | £7.2m | £8.3m | £8.9m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £2.3m | £2.5m | £3.2m | £3m |
| Deferred income | £112k | £103k | £105k | £95.7k | £99.1k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.3m | −£1.6m | −£2.8m | −£1.3m | −£2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £271k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −161.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.7%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £7.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲14%
- Now £3.7m
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 115
- Deferred income
- ▲4%
- Now £99.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £2.7m
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 Mar 2026 (profit £995k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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