Silver Fern Farms (UK) Limited
Registered name: SILVER FERN FARMS (UK) LIMITED
Silver Fern Farms (UK) Limited made £118m revenue and £888k profit in the year to 28 Dec 2025.
Silver Fern Farms (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 65% to £118m in the year to 28 Dec 2025, with £888k profit and 11 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of meat and meat products” and is based in Newmarket; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newmarket, East of England
- Age
- 58 yrs · since 1968
- 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 | 29 Dec 2024 | 28 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £71.7m | £118m |
| Cost of sales | £67.2m | £113m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £812k | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £776k | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £552k | £888k |
| Profit (best available) | £552k | £888k |
| Staff costs | £675k | £765k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 11 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 6.3% | 4.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £7.2m | £10.7m |
| Profit per employee | £55.2k | £80.7k |
| Cash conversion | 91.4% | −27.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲64.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲60.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £66k | £11 |
| Net assets | £7.7m | £8.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1k | £4.6k |
| Current assets | £11m | £17.2m |
| Debtors | £4.5m | £9m |
| Deferred income | £990k | £1.3m |
| Cash from operations | £743k | −£354k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £10.7m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £80.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −27.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.6%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £8.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £11
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 11
- Deferred income
- ▲27%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲301%
- Now £4.6k
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 28 Dec 2025 (profit £888k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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