Country Style Foods Limited
Registered name: COUNTRY STYLE FOODS LIMITED
Country Style Foods Limited made £325m revenue and £7.2m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Country Style Foods Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £325m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £7.2m profit and 2,468 employees. The company is classified under “grain milling” and is based in West Yorkshire; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1990
- 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 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £317m | £345m | £325m |
| Cost of sales | −£287m | −£297m | −£275m |
| Gross profit | £29.8m | £48.3m | £49.8m |
| Operating profit | −£3.4m | £9.7m | £9.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£4.1m | £8.6m | £9.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£3m | £6.2m | £7.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£3m | £6.2m | £7.2m |
| Employees (average) | 2,625 | 2,669 | 2,468 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1% | 1.8% | 2.2% |
| Gross margin | 9.4% | 14% | 15.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £121k | £129k | £132k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.2k | £2.3k | £2.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.9% | ▼5.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲17% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.7% | ▼7.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £132k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.9k
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now 2,468
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Chilled Bakery Products LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Country Style Foods (Europe) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Giles Foods LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Midland Bakery LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £7.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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