Lamex Food Group Limited
Registered name: LAMEX FOOD GROUP LIMITED
Lamex Food Group Limited made £1.5bn revenue and £26.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Lamex Food Group Limited’s revenue was £1.5bn in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £26.6m profit and 505 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in Broxbourne; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Broxbourne, East of England
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2005
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £1.5bn | £1.5bn |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£1.4bn | −£1.4bn |
| Gross profit | — | — | £122m | £118m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £38.2m | £38.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £36.2m | £35.5m |
| Profit after tax | £4.4m | £24.4m | £136k | £26.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.4m | £24.4m | £136k | £26.6m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 505 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 7.9% | 7.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £3.1m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | £52.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼0% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲452.6% | ▼99.4% | ▲19437% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1k | £1k | £0 | — |
| Net assets | £53m | £77.1m | £77.4m | — |
| Current assets | £19.8m | £42.6m | £41.5m | — |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £3.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £52.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 505
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Lamex Foods Europe LimitedRev. £279m · Profit £5.2m
- Lamex Foods Europe (N.i.) LtdRev. £70.1m · Profit £112k
- Lamex Agrifoods LimitedRev. £69.7m · Profit £1.2m
- Lamex Agrifoods Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £26.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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