Shepherd Neame Limited
Registered name: SHEPHERD NEAME LIMITED
Shepherd Neame Limited made £164m revenue and £4.4m profit in the year to 28 Jun 2025.
Shepherd Neame Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £164m in the year to 28 Jun 2025, with £4.4m profit and 1,727 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of beer” and is based in Kent; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kent, South East
- Age
- 111 yrs · since 1914
- 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 | 29 Jun 2023 | 28 Jun 2024 | 29 Jun 2024 | 28 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £166m | £172m | £172m | £164m |
| Operating profit | £7.6m | £11.7m | £11.7m | £12.1m |
| Profit before tax | £4.9m | £6.8m | £6.8m | £6.3m |
| Profit after tax | £3.5m | £4.9m | £4.9m | £4.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.5m | £4.9m | £4.9m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | 1,762 | 1,824 | 1,824 | 1,727 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £94.4k | £94.5k | £94.5k | £95.1k |
| Profit per employee | £2k | £2.7k | £2.7k | £2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.6% | — | ▼4.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲40.7% | — | ▼9.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.5% | — | ▼5.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £95.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.6k
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now 1,727
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Shepherd Neame (Trustees) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- SN Finance PLCFigures not disclosed
- Thomas Grant & Sons LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 28 Jun 2025 (profit £4.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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