Daybreak Foods Limited
Registered name: DAYBREAK FOODS LIMITED
Part of Daybreak Group Holdings Limited groupDaybreak Foods Limited made £37.1m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Daybreak Foods Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £37.1m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £1.3m profit and 19 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in Ascot; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ascot, South East
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42m | £37.1m |
| Cost of sales | £35.6m | £30.3m |
| Gross profit | £6.4m | £6.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.3m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £2.3m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 19 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.9% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 15.1% | 18.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.2m | £2m |
| Profit per employee | £85.3k | £67.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼20.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £5.1m | £4.1m |
| Net assets | £7.3m | £8.6m |
| Fixed assets | £204k | £310k |
| Current assets | £15.2m | £17.7m |
| Debtors | £5.4m | £6m |
| Deferred income | £397k | £540k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £67.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £8.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £4.1m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 19
- Deferred income
- ▲36%
- Now £540k
- Fixed assets
- ▲52%
- Now £310k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Daybreak Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Daybreak Foods Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Daybreak Property LimitedRev. — · Profit £74.2k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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