Punjab Exotic Foods Limited
Registered name: PUNJAB EXOTIC FOODS LIMITED
Punjab Exotic Foods Limited made £31.7m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Punjab Exotic Foods Limited’s revenue grew 68% to £31.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.5m profit and 31 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £18.9m | £31.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £17.4m | £28.9m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.5m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £619k | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £647k | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £486k | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £486k | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 14 | 21 | 31 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 2.6% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 7.8% | 9.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £900k | £1m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £23.2k | £47.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲68% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲200.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼39.1% | ▲50% | ▲47.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £2.4m | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £2.2m | £2.5m | £3.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £2.1m | £2.3m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £2.8m | £2.8m | £5.6m |
| Debtors | £1m | £312k | £236k | £948k |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £47.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3%
- 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
- ▲49%
- Now £3.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲7%
- Now £2.6m
- Headcount
- ▲48%
- Now 31
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼47%
- Now £1.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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