Raynor Foods Limited
Registered name: RAYNOR FOODS LIMITED
Part of Raynor Foods Trustee Limited groupRaynor Foods Limited made £33m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Raynor Foods Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £33m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1m profit and 357 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Chelmsford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chelmsford, East of England
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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.
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.8m | £24.3m | £27.3m | £33m |
| Cost of sales | £13.3m | £18.1m | £20.2m | £25.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £6.3m | £7.1m | £7.6m |
| Operating profit | £519k | £1.9m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £365k | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £237k | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £237k | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 209 | 271 | 310 | 357 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 5.8% | 4% | 3.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 25.8% | 26% | 23.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £80.5k | £89.8k | £88.1k | £92.3k |
| Profit per employee | £1.1k | £5.2k | £3.5k | £2.9k |
| Cash conversion | −70.1% | −69.5% | −63.7% | −150.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲44.6% | ▲12.3% | ▲20.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲500.1% | ▼23% | ▼6.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲29.7% | ▲14.4% | ▲15.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £266k | £723k | £809k | £625k |
| Net assets | £597k | £2m | £2.4m | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.6m | £2.9m | £4.1m | £5.6m |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £5.2m | £6.8m | £6.6m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £3m | £4.5m | £4m |
| Deferred income | £533k | £964k | £1.1m | £874k |
| Cash from operations | −£364k | −£1.3m | −£991k | −£2.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £92.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −150.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17%
- 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
- 12%
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼23%
- Now £625k
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 357
- Deferred income
- ▼17%
- Now £874k
- Fixed assets
- ▲35%
- Now £5.6m
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
- Raynor Foods Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Raynor Foods Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Britannia Lightspeed Technologies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Raynor Logistics 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 £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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