Southern England Farms Limited
Registered name: SOUTHERN ENGLAND FARMS LIMITED
Southern England Farms Limited made £33.3m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Southern England Farms Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £33.3m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £1.3m profit and 240 employees. The company is classified under “growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers” and is based in Hayle; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hayle, South West
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £34.7m | £32.1m | £33.3m |
| Cost of sales | £31.5m | £28.9m | £30.7m |
| Gross profit | £3.1m | £3.2m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.5m | £2.2m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £2.3m | £2m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £2.7m | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.7m | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 264 | 268 | 240 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.8% | 5.9% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 9.1% | 9.9% | 7.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £131k | £120k | £139k |
| Profit per employee | £10.2k | £7k | £5.6k |
| Cash conversion | 108.6% | 11% | 13.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.5% | ▲3.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼30.1% | ▼28.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.5% | ▼10.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £991k | £244k | £564k |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £5.1m | £6.4m |
| Fixed assets | £3.9m | £3.6m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £1.7m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £717k | £614k | £497k |
| Cash from operations | £2.7m | £244k | £238k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £139k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 13.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £6.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲131%
- Now £564k
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 240
- Deferred income
- ▼19%
- Now £497k
- Fixed assets
- ▼23%
- Now £2.7m
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 May 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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