Autumn Foods Holdings Limited
Registered name: AUTUMN FOODS HOLDINGS LIMITED
Autumn Foods Holdings Limited made £149m revenue and £3.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Autumn Foods Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 63% to £149m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.1m profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of meat and meat products” and is based in Norwich; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Norwich, East of England
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £81.5m | £91m | £149m |
| Cost of sales | −£75.3m | −£83.3m | −£135m |
| Gross profit | £6.2m | £7.7m | £14m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £2.6m | £5.9m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £2.6m | £4.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.8m | £3.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.8m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 38 | 62 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | 2% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 7.6% | 8.5% | 9.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.6m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Profit per employee | £40.2k | £48.6k | £49.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.7% | ▲63.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲48.2% | ▲66.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.6% | ▲63.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £49.7k
- 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
- ▲63%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Autumn Foods LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Central Foods Group LimitedRev. — · Profit £3m
- Hemswell Coldstore LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Reids of Norwich LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- G.M.B. Nominees Limited 25–50%
- W.e.b. Nominees Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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