North Farm Livestock Limited
Registered name: NORTH FARM LIVESTOCK LIMITED
Part of North Farm 2012 Limited groupNorth Farm Livestock Limited made £9.4m revenue and £383k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
North Farm Livestock Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £9.4m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £383k profit and 74 employees. The company is classified under “raising of swine/pigs” and is based in Norwich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Norwich, East of England
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £8.2m | £9.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £6.8m | £8.1m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £659k | £567k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £635k | £514k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £472k | £383k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £472k | £383k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £471k | £523k |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 58 | 62 | 74 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 5.7% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 17.8% | 13.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £133k | £127k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £7.6k | £5.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲13.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼18.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.8% | ▲6.9% | ▲19.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £551k | £515k | £575k | £735k |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £2m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £3.6m | £3.9m | £4.5m | £5.4m |
| Current assets | £892k | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Debtors | £294k | £521k | £750k | £330k |
| Deferred income | £386k | £325k | £0 | £535k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £127k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 57.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲28%
- Now £735k
- Headcount
- ▲19%
- Now 74
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £535k
- Fixed assets
- ▲21%
- Now £5.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- North Farm 2012 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- North Farm Livestock Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £383k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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