Lloyd's (Animal) Feeds Limited
Registered name: LLOYD'S (ANIMAL) FEEDS LIMITED
Part of Laf Holdings Limited groupLloyd's (Animal) Feeds Limited made £106m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Lloyd's (Animal) Feeds Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £106m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.2m profit and 134 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of prepared feeds for farm animals” and is based in Oswestry; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oswestry, West Midlands
- Age
- 62 yrs · since 1964
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “LAF Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £94.2m | £121m | £107m | £106m |
| Cost of sales | £81.4m | £106m | £91.7m | £89.6m |
| Gross profit | £12.8m | £14.6m | £15.3m | £16.5m |
| Operating profit | £3m | £2.7m | £2.1m | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £3.1m | £3.1m | £2.9m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.2m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.2m | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £7.6m | £6.3m | £6.6m | £7.2m |
| Employees (average) | 131 | 132 | 132 | 134 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.7% | 2.1% | 2% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 13.6% | 12.1% | 14.3% | 15.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £719k | £915k | £810k | £792k |
| Profit per employee | £19.4k | £18.9k | £16.5k | £8.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲28.2% | ▼11.5% | ▼0.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1.8% | ▼12.9% | ▼45.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.8% | 0% | ▲1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £962 | £3.7m | £6.8m | £5.4m |
| Net assets | £10.5m | £11m | £11.7m | £12.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £3.7m | £4.5m | £5.2m |
| Current assets | £29.1m | £32.7m | £28.3m | £25.4m |
| Debtors | £286k | £29.2k | £67.5k | £239k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £792k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £12.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼21%
- Now £5.4m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 134
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲15%
- Now £5.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Laf Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Lloyd's (Animal) Feeds Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Gurevitch LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lloyd's Animal Feeds (Organic) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- O.g. Griffiths & Sons LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (39)
- Lloyd's Animal Feeds (Western) LimitedRev. £105m · Profit £1.1m
- Lloyd's Animal Feeds (Northern) LimitedRev. £95.6m · Profit £562k
- Llynclys Free Range LimitedRev. £92.1m · Profit £87.5k
- Lloyds Free Range LimitedRev. £84.8m · Profit £398k
- Highbury Poultry Farm Produce LimitedRev. £62.2m · Profit £885k
- Natural Resource Services Holding Company LtdRev. £56m · Profit £8.3m
- Ash Group (UK) LimitedRev. £55.8m · Profit £6.5m
- Country Fresh Pullets LimitedRev. £40.2m · Profit £2.2m
- Llynclys Farm LimitedRev. £32.6m · Profit £430k
- Lloyds Animal Feeds (Piercebridge) LimitedRev. £30.5m · Profit £570k
- C M Varley & Co LimitedRev. £24.1m · Profit £405k
- Elite Precast Concrete LimitedRev. £23.4m · Profit £1.7m
- Perfect Associates Group LimitedRev. £12.6m · Profit £262k
- MVH LimitedRev. £799k · Profit £13m
- Country Fresh Broilers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DBX Global LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DBX Sports LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Energy Recovery Strategies LtdFigures not disclosed
- Hyton Poultry LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kitty Bidco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Knockin Egg Farm LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Laf Lending LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Leesouth LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lloyd's Animal Feeds (Enstone) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lloyd's Animal Feeds (Futures) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lloyd's Animal Feeds (North Eastern) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lloyd's Animal Feeds (Southern) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lloyds Animal Feeds (Solway) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lloyds Southern Sales LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lloyds Western Sales LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Maelor Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Picton Gorse Land LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Picton Gorse Opco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Posterflair LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ron Saunders LimitedFigures not disclosed
- S.i.m.l.holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smartstage LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tanat Valley Eggs LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vic Thorman (Pullets) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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