Lamex Agrifoods Limited
Registered name: LAMEX AGRIFOODS LIMITED
Part of Lamex Food Group Limited groupLamex Agrifoods Limited made £69.7m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Lamex Agrifoods Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £69.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.2m profit and 15 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Turnford, Broxbourne; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Turnford, Broxbourne, East of England
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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. From the filing: “Lamex Food Group Limited”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £76.2m | £78.3m | £63.6m | £69.7m |
| Cost of sales | £71.2m | £73m | £58.3m | £63.4m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £5.3m | £5.3m | £6.3m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £676k | £947k | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £336k | £1.1m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £269k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £269k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £2.9m | £3.3m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 0.3% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 6.6% | 6.8% | 8.3% | 9% |
| Revenue per employee | £5.1m | £5.6m | £4.5m | £4.6m |
| Profit per employee | £115k | £19.2k | £77.7k | £79.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▼18.9% | ▲9.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼84.5% | ▲304.3% | ▲9.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.7% | 0% | ▲7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £750 | £1.3m | £2.6m | £197k |
| Net assets | £8.6m | £8.8m | £9.7m | £8.3m |
| Fixed assets | £215k | £267k | £319k | £454k |
| Current assets | £42.4m | £42.3m | £38.2m | £29.7m |
| Debtors | £18.6m | £21.8m | £15.4m | £18.9m |
| Deferred income | £5.2m | £4.1m | £4.1m | £1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £4.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £79.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 27.1%
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now £8.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼92%
- Now £197k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- ▼56%
- Now £1.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▲42%
- Now £454k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lamex Food Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Lamex Agrifoods Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Lamex Foods Europe LimitedRev. £279m · Profit £5.2m
- Lamex Foods Europe (N.i.) LtdRev. £70.1m · Profit £112k
- Lamex Agrifoods Holdings 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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