Co Down-based Mash Direct is back in the black, with its latest accounts for the 12 months to 31 December 2025 showing healthy profit margins were achieved.

Over the period, the company reported operating profits of £2.37m on turnover of £32.80m, leaving an operating profit margin of 7.23%. Pre-tax profits over the period stood at £1.83m, with net assets at £4.81m.

The previous accounts were for the 10 months to the end of December 2024, when operating profit was at £1.45m.

However, in the previous two financial years, the company had recorded pre-tax losses which combined to total over £2m. In the accounts to February 2024, the directors made reference to “cost efficiency measures and strategic pricing adjustments” and how “key foundations” were now in place to deliver stronger financial performance.

The main activities of Mash Direct is the supply of steam cooked and packed potato and other vegetable products. Owned by the Hamilton family, the company employed 220 people in 2025.

Mash Direct invested £419,000 of capital in 2025, mainly in processing machinery and automation.