Watermoor Meat Supply Limited
Registered name: WATERMOOR MEAT SUPPLY LIMITED
Watermoor Meat Supply Limited made £11.8m revenue and £520k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Watermoor Meat Supply Limited’s revenue grew 25% to £11.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £520k profit and 79 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores” and is based in Chippenham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chippenham, South West
- Age
- 74 yrs · since 1952
- 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 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.5m | £11.8m |
| Cost of sales | £4.7m | £5.7m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £6.1m |
| Operating profit | £682k | £686k |
| Profit before tax | £515k | £532k |
| Profit after tax | £216k | £520k |
| Profit (best available) | £216k | £520k |
| Employees (average) | 65 | 79 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | 50.2% | 51.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £146k | £150k |
| Profit per employee | £3.3k | £6.6k |
| Cash conversion | 127.5% | 118.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲141.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £184k | £161k |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Debtors | £458k | £535k |
| Deferred income | £194k | £200k |
| Cash from operations | £870k | £811k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £150k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 118.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼12%
- Now £161k
- Headcount
- ▲22%
- Now 79
- Deferred income
- ▲3%
- Now £200k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £1.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Hawes & Sons (Cirencester) LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Knead Bakery LimitedRev. — · Profit −£171k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £520k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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