P.F.D.(Carlisle)limited
Registered name: P.F.D.(CARLISLE)LIMITED
P.F.D.(Carlisle)limited made £75.9m revenue and £4.8m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
P.F.D.(Carlisle)limited’s revenue was £75.9m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £4.8m profit and 453 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of meat and meat products” and is based in Carlisle; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Carlisle, North West
- Age
- 70 yrs · since 1955
- 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 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £58.1m | £69.2m | £76m | £75.9m |
| Cost of sales | £38.1m | £45.2m | £49.1m | £49.5m |
| Gross profit | £19.9m | £24m | £26.9m | £26.5m |
| Operating profit | £4.2m | £6.2m | £6.7m | £5.8m |
| Profit before tax | £4.2m | £6.3m | £7.3m | £6.3m |
| Profit after tax | £3.2m | £5m | £5.4m | £4.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.2m | £5m | £5.4m | £4.8m |
| Staff costs | £10.2m | £11.6m | £13.1m | £13.6m |
| Employees (average) | 391 | 444 | 464 | 453 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.5% | 7.2% | 7.2% | 6.3% |
| Gross margin | 34.4% | 34.7% | 35.4% | 34.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £148k | £156k | £164k | £168k |
| Profit per employee | £8.1k | £11.3k | £11.7k | £10.5k |
| Cash conversion | −96.1% | −99.9% | −99.6% | −94.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.2% | ▲9.8% | ▼0.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲58.3% | ▲8.8% | ▼12.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.6% | ▲4.5% | ▼2.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £10.4m | £12.2m | £14.2m | £12.9m |
| Net assets | £22.3m | £25.3m | £29.8m | £33.6m |
| Fixed assets | £9.8m | £10.7m | £12.9m | £16.2m |
| Current assets | £20.6m | £24.2m | £26.1m | £25.4m |
| Debtors | £5.3m | £6m | £6m | £6m |
| Deferred income | £1.5m | £1.2m | £927k | £748k |
| Cash from operations | −£4m | −£6.2m | −£6.7m | −£5.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £168k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −94.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £33.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼9%
- Now £12.9m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 453
- Deferred income
- ▼19%
- Now £748k
- Fixed assets
- ▲25%
- Now £16.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £4.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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