Premier Quality Foods Limited
Registered name: PREMIER QUALITY FOODS LIMITED
Premier Quality Foods Limited made £24.3m revenue and £799k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Premier Quality Foods Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £24.3m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £799k profit and 54 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in West Yorkshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.8m | £22.2m | £25m | £24.3m |
| Cost of sales | £15.2m | £17.7m | £20.3m | £19.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £4.4m | £4.8m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | £396k | £991k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £378k | £953k | £1m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £337k | £821k | £734k | £799k |
| Profit (best available) | £337k | £821k | £734k | £799k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.4m | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 52 | 52 | 54 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 3.7% | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 19.4% | 20% | 19.1% | 20.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £377k | £426k | £482k | £449k |
| Profit per employee | £6.7k | £15.8k | £14.1k | £14.8k |
| Cash conversion | −225.7% | −117.2% | −111% | −142.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.6% | ▲13% | ▼3.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲143.5% | ▼10.7% | ▲8.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4% | 0% | ▲3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £842k | £1.1m | £969k | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £632k | £954k | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £411k | £613k | £699k | £962k |
| Current assets | £3m | £3.5m | £3.3m | £3.4m |
| Debtors | £845k | £1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £50.6k | £48.7k | £40.4k | £38k |
| Cash from operations | −£893k | −£1.2m | −£1.2m | −£1.6m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £449k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −142.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- 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
- ▲27%
- Now £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲42%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 54
- Deferred income
- ▼6%
- Now £38k
- Fixed assets
- ▲38%
- Now £962k
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 28 Feb 2025 (profit £799k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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