Zeina Foods Limited
Registered name: ZEINA FOODS LIMITED
Part of Ossett Holdings Limited groupZeina Foods Limited made £32m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Zeina Foods Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £32m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.2m profit and 44 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Ossett; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ossett, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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: “The immediate and ultimate parent company is Ossett Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales, its registered office address being Zeina House, Milner Way, Ossett, West Yorkshire, ”
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&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27m | £31.8m | £33.4m | £32m |
| Cost of sales | £22.6m | £28.9m | £27.5m | £25.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £2.8m | £5.9m | £6.7m |
| Operating profit | £2.3m | £98.4k | £2m | £2.8m |
| Profit before tax | £2.3m | £98.4k | £2m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £99.1k | £1.4m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £99.1k | £1.4m | £2.2m |
| Staff costs | £951k | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 38 | 40 | 43 | 44 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.8% | 0.3% | 4.1% | 6.7% |
| Gross margin | 16.1% | 8.9% | 17.7% | 20.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £711k | £794k | £778k | £727k |
| Profit per employee | £48.6k | £2.5k | £32.2k | £49k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.7% | ▲5.2% | ▼4.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼94.6% | ▲1297% | ▲55.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.3% | ▲7.5% | ▲2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £475k | £885k | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £6.8m | £6.6m | £7.1m | £8.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £15.3m | £14.9m | £14.6m | £16.6m |
| Debtors | £3.9m | £5.6m | £4m | £5.1m |
| Deferred income | £5m | £3.4m | £1.8m | £4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £727k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £49k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- 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
- 12.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £8.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲50%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 44
- Deferred income
- ▲120%
- Now £4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £1.2m
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
- Ossett Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Zeina Foods Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- 35 Hanover Holding LtdFigures not disclosed
- Zeina Park Holding 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 £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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