Dole Limited
Registered name: DOLE LIMITED
Part of Dole Plc groupDole Limited made £110m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Dole Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £110m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £2.2m profit and 612 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £103m | £113m | £110m |
| Cost of sales | −£80.5m | −£87.6m | −£84.1m |
| Gross profit | £22.9m | £25.7m | £25.6m |
| Operating profit | −£729k | £489k | −£333k |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £2.9m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £2.6m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £2.6m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 568 | 603 | 612 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | 2.3% | 2% |
| Gross margin | 22.2% | 22.7% | 23.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £182k | £188k | £179k |
| Profit per employee | £3.9k | £4.3k | £3.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.5% | ▼3.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▼16% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.2% | ▲1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £179k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.6k
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now 612
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dole Plc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- TPH (UK) Limited75–100%
- Total Produce Holdings (UK) Limited75–100%
- Dole Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (6)
- Bristol Fruit Sales (Market) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Burbank Produce LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mark Murphy & Partner LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Oval (2143) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- T & J Barnes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Total Produce Pension Scheme Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Dole Belfast LimitedRev. £27m · Profit £378k
- Sighthill LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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