Paragon Quality Foods Ltd
Registered name: PARAGON QUALITY FOODS LTD
Part of Paragon Property Investments Limited groupParagon Quality Foods Ltd made a £1.8m loss in the year to 28 Feb 2026 (revenue not disclosed).
Paragon Quality Foods Ltd reported a loss of £1.8m in the year to 28 Feb 2026; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 111 employees. The company is classified under “production of meat and poultry meat products” and is based in Doncaster; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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: “Pargaon Property Investments Limited (incorporated in England and Wales) is regarded by the director as being”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 | 28 Feb 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £41.3m | £51.2m | £50.5m | £46.2m | — |
| Cost of sales | £35.7m | £46.7m | £44.7m | £39m | £57.5m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £4.5m | £5.8m | £7.3m | — |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £3.3m | — |
| Profit before tax | £2.8m | £659k | £2.2m | £3.3m | −£2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £388k | £1.3m | £2.5m | −£1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £388k | £1.3m | £2.5m | −£1.8m |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3.1m | £3.3m | £3.6m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 118 | 111 | 118 | 118 | 111 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 5.7% | 0.8% | 2.6% | 5.3% | — |
| Gross margin | 13.6% | 8.8% | 11.5% | 15.7% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £350k | £461k | £428k | £392k | — |
| Profit per employee | £20.1k | £3.5k | £11.3k | £20.9k | −£16k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.9% | ▼1.4% | ▼8.5% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼83.6% | ▲243% | ▲85% | ▼172.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.9% | ▲6.3% | 0% | ▼5.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2k | £20.3k | £9.1k | £2.9m | £500k |
| Net assets | £13.3m | £13.7m | £15m | £17.4m | £15.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £3m | £3.5m | £3.7m | £3.7m |
| Current assets | £15.7m | £15.5m | £16.8m | £18.6m | £18m |
| Debtors | £13.4m | £0 | £992 | £599 | £133k |
| Deferred income | £334k | £125k | £152k | £150k | £242k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£16k
- 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
- ▼10%
- Now £15.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼83%
- Now £500k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 111
- Deferred income
- ▲61%
- Now £242k
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £3.7m
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
- Paragon Property Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Paragon Quality Foods Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Paragon Foodservice LimitedRev. £54m · Profit £1.4m
- Xpo-Online LtdFigures 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 28 Feb 2026 (profit −£1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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