Duffields Mills Limited
Registered name: DUFFIELDS MILLS LIMITED
Duffields Mills Limited made £108m revenue and £5.2m profit in the year to 27 Sep 2025.
Duffields Mills Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £108m in the year to 27 Sep 2025, with £5.2m profit and 158 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of prepared feeds for farm animals” and is based in Yeovil; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Yeovil, South West
- Age
- 64 yrs · since 1962
- 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 | 28 Sep 2023 | 27 Sep 2024 | 28 Sep 2024 | 27 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £131m | £107m | £107m | £108m |
| Cost of sales | −£115m | −£91.8m | −£91.8m | −£90.7m |
| Gross profit | £16m | £14.8m | £14.8m | £16.9m |
| Operating profit | £5.1m | £5m | £5m | £6.2m |
| Profit before tax | £5.1m | £5.4m | £5.4m | £6.6m |
| Profit after tax | £4m | £4.6m | £4.6m | £5.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £4m | £4.6m | £4.6m | £5.2m |
| Employees (average) | 168 | 155 | 155 | 158 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3% | 4.3% | 4.3% | 4.9% |
| Gross margin | 12.2% | 13.9% | 13.9% | 15.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £778k | £688k | £688k | £681k |
| Profit per employee | £23.5k | £29.7k | £29.7k | £33.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼18.4% | — | ▲0.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲16.7% | — | ▲13.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.7% | — | ▲1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £681k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £33.2k
- 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 158
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- Duffields (South West) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Duffields Hautbois Farms LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hautbois Trading Company Limited(The)Figures not disclosed
- Saxlingham 2025 LtdFigures not disclosed
- Wm.c.duffield,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 27 Sep 2025 (profit £5.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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