Savona Foodservice Ltd
Registered name: SAVONA FOODSERVICE LTD
Savona Foodservice Ltd made £63.2m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Savona Foodservice Ltd’s revenue grew 12% to £63.2m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.1m profit and 249 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in Kidlington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kidlington, South East
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £50.2m | £56.3m | £63.2m |
| Cost of sales | £28.7m | £35.7m | £39.7m | £44.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £14.7m | £16.6m | £18.9m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £580k | £790k | £974k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £580k | £790k | £974k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £6.4m | £7.6m | £8.9m | £10.2m |
| Employees (average) | 197 | 206 | 226 | 249 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 29.3% | 29.5% | 30% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £244k | £249k | £254k |
| Profit per employee | £2.9k | £3.8k | £4.3k | £4.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | −122.5% | −107.5% | −111.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲12.1% | ▲12.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲36.1% | ▲23.3% | ▲9.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.6% | ▲9.7% | ▲10.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £312k | £1.8k | £9.6k | £17.8k |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £2.6m | £3.5m | £4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £3.2m | £3m | £3.8m |
| Current assets | £9.6m | £10.6m | £12.6m | £13.3m |
| Debtors | £5.2m | £5.6m | £5.9m | £6.7m |
| Deferred income | £1.9m | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.7m | −£1.8m | −£1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £254k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −111.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.7%
- 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 £4.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲86%
- Now £17.8k
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 249
- Deferred income
- ▲14%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲28%
- Now £3.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- GB Foodservice 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 31 Aug 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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