Hall & Roberts (Provisions) Limited
Registered name: HALL & ROBERTS (PROVISIONS) LIMITED
Part of Hall & Roberts (Holdings) Limited groupHall & Roberts (Provisions) Limited made £14.9m revenue and £867k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Hall & Roberts (Provisions) Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £14.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £867k profit and 40 employees. The company is classified under “processing and preserving of meat” and is based in Widnes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Widnes, North West
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1975
- 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: “The company's ultimate parent undertaking at the balance sheet date was Hall & Roberts (Holdings) Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. Its registered office is West Bank Street, West Ba”
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&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) | £14.4m | £14.4m | £15.2m | £14.9m |
| Cost of sales | £9.9m | £10.4m | £11.4m | £11m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £4m | £3.8m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £1.2m | £967k | £933k |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £1.2m | £1m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £1m | £756k | £867k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £1m | £756k | £867k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 42 | 42 | 40 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.7% | 6.9% | 5% | 5.8% |
| Gross margin | 31.5% | 27.9% | 24.8% | 26.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £352k | £343k | £362k | £372k |
| Profit per employee | £34k | £23.8k | £18k | £21.7k |
| Cash conversion | −95.2% | −82.2% | −189.3% | −121.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0% | ▲5.5% | ▼2.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼28.2% | ▼24.4% | ▲14.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.4% | 0% | ▼4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.4m | £3.1m | £3.7m | £3.9m |
| Net assets | £3m | £3m | £3.1m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £673k | £581k | £853k | £974k |
| Current assets | £5.5m | £5.7m | £5.7m | £6m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £29.3k | £28.4k | £27.6k | £26.8k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.7m | −£995k | −£1.8m | −£1.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £372k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −121.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.7%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲5%
- Now £3.9m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 40
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £26.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▲14%
- Now £974k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hall & Roberts (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hall & Roberts (Provisions) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Hall & Roberts (Wholesale) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Heathfield Provisions 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 £867k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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