Nature's Choice Catering Greengrocers Limited
Registered name: NATURE'S CHOICE CATERING GREENGROCERS LIMITED
Nature's Choice Catering Greengrocers Limited made £13.6m revenue and £378k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Nature's Choice Catering Greengrocers Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £13.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £378k profit and 54 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Richmond; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Richmond, London
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.3m | £17.4m | £15.9m | £13.6m |
| Cost of sales | £12.9m | £13.8m | £12.9m | £11.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £3.7m | £3m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.2m | £492k |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.2m | £525k |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.3m | £913k | £378k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.3m | £913k | £378k |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 60 | 62 | 54 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.3% | 7.5% | 5.8% | 2.8% |
| Gross margin | 20.9% | 21% | 18.9% | 16.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £271k | £290k | £256k | £252k |
| Profit per employee | £22.4k | £21.9k | £14.7k | £7k |
| Cash conversion | 65.5% | 92.6% | 92.5% | −22.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.9% | ▼8.8% | ▼14.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼2.4% | ▼30.5% | ▼58.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲3.3% | ▼12.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £3.1m | £3.2m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £3.3m | £3.2m | £3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £102k | £209k | £180k | £153k |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £5.9m | £5.2m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £2.4m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £21k | £30k | £33k | £64k |
| Cash from operations | £1.1m | £1.6m | £1.1m | −£109k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £252k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −22.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £3.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼9%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 54
- Deferred income
- ▲94%
- Now £64k
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £153k
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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £378k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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