Maws for Fine Food Limited
Registered name: MAWS FOR FINE FOOD LIMITED
Maws for Fine Food Limited made £13.3m revenue and £127k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Maws for Fine Food Limited’s revenue was £13.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £127k profit and 52 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in Hawkhurst; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hawkhurst, South East
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £11.2m | £13.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | £8m | £9.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.2m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £686k | £196k |
| Profit before tax | — | £668k | £179k |
| Profit after tax | — | £494k | £127k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £494k | £127k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.7m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 50 | 52 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 4.4% | 1% |
| Gross margin | — | 28.7% | 27.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £224k | £256k |
| Profit per employee | — | £9.9k | £2.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | −52.4% | −498.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £765k | £628k | £811k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £445k | £390k | £508k |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £2.9m | £2.6m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£359k | −£978k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £256k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −498.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- 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 £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £811k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £508k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £127k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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