Staples (Vegetables) Limited
Active00504587ManufacturingIncorporated 19 Feb 1952 · Sibsey Boston
the harvesting, processing, marketing and distribution of vegetables.
Revenue
£169.6m
▲ +12.1% vs prior ~12m period
Profit after tax
£4.9m
Margin 1.6%
Employees
1,277
▲ +2.2% vs prior ~12m period
Net assets
£22.1m
Total assets £61.9m
Financial history
Revenue by accounting period
6 periods available · ▲ growth ▼ decline
Aug 2020Not available
Apr 2021
£81.4m
Apr 2022
£126.1m▲ +54.9%
Apr 2023
£131.5m▲ +4.3%
Apr 2024
£151.4m▲ +15.1%
Apr 2025
£169.6m▲ +12.1%
| Period end | Revenue | Growth | Profit before tax | Employees | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Apr 2025 | £169.6m | ▲ +12.1% | £2.3m | 1,277 | £22.1m |
| 5 Apr 2024 | £151.4m | ▲ +15.1% | £2.2m | 1,250 | £17.2m |
| 5 Apr 2023 | £131.5m | ▲ +4.3% | £1.3m | 1,211 | £14.6m |
| 5 Apr 2022 | £126.1m | ▲ +54.9% | £2.0m | 1,205 | £14.5m |
| 5 Apr 2021 | £81.4m | — | £1.7m | 1,194 | £14.8m |
| 31 Aug 2020 | — | — | — | — | £13.8m |
Some periods are not about 12 months apart, usually because the company changed its year end or the register holds more than one set of accounts for a year. Growth is shown only against a prior period roughly 12 months earlier.
Latest available figures
Period ending 5 Apr 2025. “Not available” means the figure is not in the accounts we hold. We do not estimate missing figures.
Profit & loss
- Revenue
- £169.6m
- Gross profit
- £19.1m
- Operating profit
- £2.7m
- Profit before tax
- £2.3m
- Profit after tax
- £4.9m
Balance sheet
- Total assets
- £61.9m
- Cash
- £18.8m
- Total liabilities
- £39.8m
- Net assets
- £22.1m
- Revenue per employee
- £133k
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