Weetabix Limited
Registered name: WEETABIX LIMITED
Part of Post Holdings, Inc. groupWeetabix Limited made £342m revenue and £44.7m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Weetabix Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £342m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £44.7m profit and 1,012 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Kettering; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kettering
- Age
- 94 yrs · since 1932
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £369m | £361m | £342m |
| Cost of sales | −£253m | −£246m | −£231m |
| Gross profit | £116m | £116m | £111m |
| Operating profit | £47.7m | £43.8m | £50.5m |
| Profit before tax | £51.8m | £50.6m | £49m |
| Profit after tax | £47.1m | £42.3m | £44.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £47.1m | £42.3m | £44.7m |
| Employees (average) | 1,040 | 1,028 | 1,012 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 12.8% | 11.7% | 13.1% |
| Gross margin | 31.5% | 32% | 32.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £355k | £351k | £338k |
| Profit per employee | £45.2k | £41.2k | £44.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.1% | ▼5.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼10.1% | ▲5.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.1% | ▼1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £338k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £44.2k
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now 1,012
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Post Holdings, Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Westminster Acquisition Limited75–100%
- Weetabix Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Lacka Foods LimitedRev. £30.9m · Profit £3.2m
- Deeside Cereals I LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ryecroft Foods LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Weetabix Trustee LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £44.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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