Clive Soanes (Broilers) Ltd.
Registered name: CLIVE SOANES (BROILERS) LTD.
Clive Soanes (Broilers) Ltd. made £12.3m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Clive Soanes (Broilers) Ltd.’s revenue grew 2% to £12.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.1m profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “raising of poultry” and is based in Driffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Driffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1986
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12m | £12.1m | £12.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | £11m | £11m | £10.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £1m | £1.1m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | — | −£296k | £706k | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | £881k | £443k | — |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.1m | £501k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.1m | £501k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | — | £350k | £401k | £496k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 9.4% | 4.1% | 8.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 8.4% | 9.1% | 15.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Profit per employee | — | £113k | £55.7k | £119k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −61.6% | −139.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲0.9% | ▲1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼55.5% | ▲114.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼10% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £758k | £444k | £242k | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £3m | £3.5m | £4.6m |
| Fixed assets | £5m | £5.8m | £5.6m | £5.4m |
| Current assets | £3m | £2.9m | £3.2m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £0 | £10.3k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£469k | −£435k | −£2.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £119k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −139.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 44%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- 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
- ▲31%
- Now £4.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲546%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £10.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £5.4m
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 Mar 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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