Staveley's Eggs Limited
Registered name: STAVELEY'S EGGS LIMITED
Staveley's Eggs Limited made £29.2m revenue and £2.7m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026. read from filing text
Staveley's Eggs Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £29.2m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £2.7m profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “raising of poultry” and is based in Coppull; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Coppull, North West
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1978
- 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 | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.2m | £21.4m | £27.6m | £29.7m | £29.2m |
| Cost of sales | £14m | £17.1m | £18.9m | £20.8m | £21.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £4.3m | £8.7m | £8.9m | £7.9m |
| Operating profit | −£1.1m | £470k | £4.4m | £4.6m | £3.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.1m | £475k | £4.5m | £4.9m | £3.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£922k | £597k | £3.4m | £3.7m | £2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£922k | £597k | £3.4m | £3.7m | £2.7m |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2.5m | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 87 | 88 | 85 | 85 | 75 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −5.7% | 2.8% | 12.2% | 12.4% | 9.3% |
| Gross margin | 13.5% | 19.9% | 31.7% | 29.9% | 27% |
| Revenue per employee | £186k | £243k | £325k | £349k | £390k |
| Profit per employee | −£10.6k | £6.8k | £39.8k | £43.4k | £36.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | −93.5% | −106.1% | −95.3% | −127.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲31.8% | ▲29.3% | ▲7.5% | ▼1.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲467% | ▲9% | ▼26.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.1% | ▼3.4% | 0% | ▼11.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £760k | £1.1m | £6.1m | £8.7m | £11.9m |
| Net assets | £4.9m | £5.5m | £8.9m | £12.5m | £15.3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.7m | £2.5m | £2.1m | £2.2m | £2m |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £5.9m | £10.4m | £13.6m | £16.5m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £3.3m | £3.2m | £3.8m | £3.6m |
| Deferred income | £610k | £700k | £565k | £403k | £361k |
| Cash from operations | £574k | −£440k | −£4.6m | −£4.4m | −£4.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £390k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £36.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −127.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.3%
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £15.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲37%
- Now £11.9m
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- ▼10%
- Now £361k
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £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 31 Jan 2026 (profit £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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