S.P.L. Foods Limited
Registered name: S.P.L. FOODS LIMITED
S.P.L. Foods Limited made £28.9m revenue and £930k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
S.P.L. Foods Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £28.9m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £930k profit and 46 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Oldham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oldham, North West
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.3m | £30.7m | £31m | £28.9m |
| Cost of sales | £20.5m | £25m | £24.2m | £22.6m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £5.7m | £6.8m | £6.4m |
| Operating profit | £867k | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £801k | £958k | £936k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £718k | £1.1m | £620k | £930k |
| Profit (best available) | £718k | £1.1m | £620k | £930k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.4m | £3.4m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 43 | 45 | 45 | 46 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 3.5% | 2% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 18.9% | 18.6% | 21.9% | 22.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £588k | £683k | £688k | £629k |
| Profit per employee | £16.7k | £23.8k | £13.8k | £20.2k |
| Cash conversion | 61.7% | −102.8% | −136.9% | −39.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.6% | ▲0.8% | ▼6.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲49.5% | ▼42.2% | ▲50.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.7% | 0% | ▲2.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £783k | £1m | £219k | £260k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £3.4m | £4m | £4.9m |
| Fixed assets | £914k | £960k | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £11.1m | £10.9m | £9.9m | £10.1m |
| Debtors | £4.5m | £4.6m | £4.4m | £3.6m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £1.8m | £1.3m |
| Cash from operations | £534k | −£1.2m | −£1.5m | −£519k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £629k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −39.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.5%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £4.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲19%
- Now £260k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- ▼25%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲24%
- Now £1.3m
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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £930k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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