New World Foods (Europe) Limited
Registered name: NEW WORLD FOODS (EUROPE) LIMITED
Part of Kepak Group Limited groupNew World Foods (Europe) Limited made £23.3m revenue and £287k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
New World Foods (Europe) Limited’s revenue was £23.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £287k profit and 149 employees. The company is classified under “processing and preserving of meat” and is based in Preston; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 14 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £28.3m | £23.3m |
| Cost of sales | £19.9m | £22.1m |
| Gross profit | £8.4m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £647k | £819k |
| Profit before tax | £572k | £745k |
| Profit after tax | £730k | £287k |
| Profit (best available) | £730k | £287k |
| Staff costs | £6.3m | £4.9m |
| Employees (average) | 165 | 149 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 1.2% |
| Gross margin | 29.6% | 5.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £172k | £156k |
| Profit per employee | £4.4k | £1.9k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £867k | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £9m | £9.3m |
| Fixed assets | £3m | £3.8m |
| Current assets | £11.8m | £16m |
| Debtors | £889k | £4.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £156k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20%
- 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 £9.3m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 149
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £3.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Kepak Group Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Kepak Kirkham Limited75–100%
- Meatsnacks Group Ltd.75–100%
- New World Foods (Europe) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £287k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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