Troy Foods (Salads) Limited
Registered name: TROY FOODS (SALADS) LIMITED
Troy Foods (Salads) Limited made £54m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 30 Mar 2025.
Troy Foods (Salads) Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £54m in the year to 30 Mar 2025, with £2.3m profit. The company is classified under “manufacture of prepared meals and dishes” and is based in Leeds; we hold 6 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling party is D J Kempley.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 26 Sep 2021 | 2 Oct 2022 | 2 Apr 2023 | 30 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2024 | 30 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.4m | £45.9m | £27.2m | £57.8m | £57.8m | £54m |
| Cost of sales | £25.6m | £40.9m | £19.4m | −£42m | £42m | −£37.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £5m | £7.8m | £15.8m | £15.8m | £16.8m |
| Operating profit | −£2.1m | −£3.2m | £2.7m | £3.3m | £3.3m | £3.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.3m | −£3.7m | £2.5m | £2.9m | £2.9m | £3.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.8m | −£3.2m | £2.5m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.8m | −£3.2m | £2.5m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Staff costs | £4.6m | £6.4m | £3.9m | — | £9.4m | — |
| Employees (average) | 143 | 159 | 210 | — | 235 | — |
| Ratios | ||||||
| Profit margin | −6.1% | −7% | 9.2% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | 12.9% | 10.9% | 28.8% | 27.3% | 27.3% | 31.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £206k | £289k | £129k | — | £246k | — |
| Profit per employee | −£12.5k | −£20.2k | £11.8k | — | £9.1k | — |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −93.3% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲56.1% | — | — | — | ▼6.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | — | — | ▲7.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.2% | — | — | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||||
| Cash at bank | £303k | £24.6k | £117k | — | £108k | — |
| Net assets | −£927k | −£4.1m | −£1.7m | — | £490k | — |
| Fixed assets | £5.1m | £5.6m | £5.1m | — | £4.3m | — |
| Current assets | £8.2m | £10.1m | £8.9m | — | £8.4m | — |
| Debtors | £5.7m | £6.1m | £4.7m | — | £4.4m | — |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £1.3m | £3.1m | — | £2.4m | — |
| Cash from operations | £92k | — | −£2.5m | — | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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 —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Mar 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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