Brighton Food Stores Limited
Registered name: BRIGHTON FOOD STORES LIMITED
Brighton Food Stores Limited made £2.6m revenue and £3.4k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Brighton Food Stores Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £2.6m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £3.4k profit and 17 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of fruit and vegetables in specialised stores” and is based in Newcastle Upon Tyne; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.4m | £2.8m | £2.8m | £2.6m |
| Cost of sales | £1.9m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2m |
| Gross profit | £479k | £642k | £665k | £630k |
| Operating profit | £2.7k | £81.9k | £10.8k | £17.1k |
| Profit before tax | £6.5k | £76.1k | £4.7k | £9.8k |
| Profit after tax | £8.4k | £64.6k | £1.3k | £3.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £8.4k | £64.6k | £1.3k | £3.4k |
| Staff costs | £281k | £320k | £412k | — |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 20 | 28 | 17 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | 2.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 20.1% | 23% | 23.8% | 23.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £133k | £139k | £99.9k | £155k |
| Profit per employee | £466 | £3.2k | £46 | £201 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.8% | ▲0.3% | ▼5.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲670.2% | ▼98% | ▲162.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▲40% | ▼39.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £26.3k | £32.8k | £34.1k | £40k |
| Net assets | £213k | £277k | £273k | £276k |
| Fixed assets | £136k | £201k | £243k | £219k |
| Current assets | £283k | £289k | £280k | £290k |
| Debtors | £6.1k | £2.6k | £4.1k | £2.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £155k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £201
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £276k
- Cash at bank
- ▲17%
- Now £40k
- Headcount
- ▼39%
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £219k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £3.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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