Theos Food Co. Limited
Registered name: THEOS FOOD CO. LIMITED
Theos Food Co. Limited made £23.2m revenue and £265k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
Theos Food Co. Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £23.2m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £265k profit and 29 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of prepared meals and dishes” and is based in Aldridge; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Aldridge, West Midlands
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.5m | £21.2m | £23.2m |
| Cost of sales | £17.2m | £17.7m | £19.4m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £3.5m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £441k | £408k | £449k |
| Profit before tax | £342k | £335k | £346k |
| Profit after tax | £375k | £242k | £265k |
| Profit (best available) | £375k | £242k | £265k |
| Staff costs | £603k | £806k | £920k |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 25 | 29 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 16% | 16.5% | 16.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.1m | £849k | £802k |
| Profit per employee | £19.7k | £9.7k | £9.1k |
| Cash conversion | 6.2% | −153.3% | −267.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.3% | ▲9.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼35.5% | ▲9.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲31.6% | ▲16% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £380k | £29.1k | £37.8k |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £3.1m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £4.4m | £4.3m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Cash from operations | £27.2k | −£625k | −£1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £802k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −267.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲30%
- Now £37.8k
- Headcount
- ▲16%
- Now 29
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £2.1m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit £265k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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