Lamex Foods Europe (N.i.) Ltd
Registered name: LAMEX FOODS EUROPE (N.I.) LTD
Part of Lamex Food Group Limited groupLamex Foods Europe (N.i.) Ltd made £70.1m revenue and £112k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Lamex Foods Europe (N.i.) Ltd’s revenue fell 22% to £70.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £112k profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in Coleraine; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Coleraine, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2006
- 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: “Lamex Food Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £160m | £79.7m | £89.6m | £70.1m |
| Cost of sales | £151m | £75.3m | £84.3m | £66.4m |
| Gross profit | £8.3m | £4.4m | £5.3m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £3.2m | £865k | £888k | £593k |
| Profit before tax | £3.2m | £795k | £828k | £127k |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £603k | £772k | £112k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £603k | £772k | £112k |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £4.8m | £3.2m | £3.9m |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 5.2% | 5.6% | 6% | 5.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £22.8m | £11.4m | £12.8m | £8.8m |
| Profit per employee | £363k | £86.2k | £110k | £14k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼50.1% | ▲12.4% | ▼21.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼76.2% | ▲27.9% | ▼85.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲14.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2k | £70k | £32.1k | £974k |
| Net assets | £5.1m | £901k | £1.1m | £714k |
| Fixed assets | £287k | £291k | £259k | £351k |
| Current assets | £27m | £18.4m | £21.6m | £29.6m |
| Debtors | £14.4m | £14.4m | £20.5m | £27.1m |
| Deferred income | £2.6m | £2.9m | £3.2m | £2.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £8.8m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 38.6%
- 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
- ▼36%
- Now £714k
- Cash at bank
- ▲2935%
- Now £974k
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- ▼18%
- Now £2.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▲36%
- Now £351k
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
- Lamex Food Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Lamex Foods Europe (N.i.) Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Lamex Foods Europe LimitedRev. £279m · Profit £5.2m
- Lamex Agrifoods LimitedRev. £69.7m · Profit £1.2m
- Lamex Agrifoods Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £112k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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